The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-26
FRUNi STAFFORD.
ICoRGxs.Oanzs CLCFTHI R'CHMcKD DISPATCH

STAFFORD Co, Va, june S2l, 1863
If contrast hejghtens enjoyment, and the
bappisst hour of life is that immsdiaaelKauc,
cascing a.violsnt too.haehs, ths meiB- So
.ion Of pain constituting positive isei s~-',''
-...-,, ..u..v,~..us now ale, and ought to
he, in the seventh heaven Of earthly eai.ude
Release from Yankee thsaiiom-r.lief from
Yankee yicinity--is in itself au unmixed hap
riuees ior what ply suffering is coDpara
bic 10 The daily torture Of impotsnt defiance
and tie hourly Ieaiization cf 0utw ard subj.t.
lion to snch wretche.. Inere is Do energy Of
EXPIRE sajon, no power Of utterancs capable
OF conveying tie meaning OF the words Yam
hee inv0siou. Detesta:ioa, in all lis i0tensest
li.tssae2s, is the seltisst feeling it rouaes ami
isep pens every hour. Cond desires have be
cou.a fauts, uot a solitary invader would have
ever lei. tue line Of the Rsppaaanuock, but
found Il lifting grave bereath it's waters or be
ii 10 iGs talaa. Thank Heaven, the bloody
record of their b.tlied, bsn.sn hosts J., written
;ii along it. classic margin, aud ming'es in the
i3Wina tide Of our historic river. The Yam
kao nation saudueTs 81 The name If Kappa.
i,g4nuck-tre death-kuoli CT their hopes and
AIMS. AID eti1r;s in Nirginla--YLils from its
IL ious baitl isds goes up tils grand sioas
"f &ittlrY, which is echoed ,.ld echoed
FROM iei:.At Nickstalg and tho Mississippi
rolling waves. Aud now, upon the SlfpIa-
hannah il heard the Sc ADV sound Of Lees ad.
var cling leeiona, and the flying suhjuzatoIs Of
tho free Sotiti: arc scattering ia mighty dread
be fore their onward march. Retaliation is the
watchword now. Despotiem ia trembling ia
It's scat, ;s:.d the miserable rscs Of Yankeedom
tasting the frat fruits Of their own folly and
A,,ts tt,a,,, .ats 90 ,ail J.
tools Of their own creating, they wi nov ex-
psct .mmsg sts snhjec!ion to ConIede rate arms,
as ii the Ccu:eleracy won'd stoop TO soil her
hands by even accepting them as elavoa! A
righteous yenc eance she will eX ic., and to The
u,tas,aost; aud tban, PFocai y procM este,
projaai he the sol3 response OF her peope
i,reyer l. stt TO tue ewsevs s, ths foe will msrit
aud receive ,hs fate awaiting such Isspi. els
! Of truth, and Justice, aud iight-for, as ons
! of tho finest writer's Of tbs csn;nry has iorci
| Lly sal /, "Uther ami iaferiGr gifts u0d may
grant to nations that have utterly forgotten
| Him, lut it wou.a seen, tha. the Growing gift
| of freedom u ill be granted oIly to one in
| wnose heart there is the belief Ia God, AMI
| which can reverence an oath
| The change Of base in military aspec. has
ettrsiy changed The appearance OF things III
| this section. 50 long Imprisoned within the
oreu,y's iiie., freedom OF motion 10 novel
aud delightfai experience. - long invos:ei J.
by cauaps aud batteries, and pickets, ths ab-
sence Of these execrated emoiems OF opp es'
sion is a most aSreea9e luAaiy. .he anAse'
| have gone, and Freedom remains WI h us-
| na,u;e. as well AZ man, revives as their exc
| dus. Earth and sky, field and forest, rtloieo
alike The mo; mag brssZs, ths sunset CORY.
| seemed to have acquired new lreshatss anu
bsau,y. Restricted labor and "Occnpa.icn
aunoysncss have materially i'Jirsd, bus not
| entirely in.erfsrei with cultivation, aud tha
1 vi. :nitV thnnUtl III 1.
| ema;isr than usual, are unusually gooa: lar
vest iexias to day, and, notwithstanding the
| eeyen months hostile occupation OF Stafford,
ths old county can still share in tina privileges
Of feeding tho brave trocpsl OF the Contsd
eracy. The recent heavy rains have a.so 70
freshad the growing corp, and l. is springiDg
M daily in reviving greenness and abundance
| VaUk.s hopes OF Southern starvation Are
doomed to entire d,sarpoin ment, b!asted Ii
| the bud, IA such vim, ictivs calculatious merit
l have been intending TO VISIT ianke.
| camp about two miles distant, that Of ths Ia
| Army Corps, which is dsssribed as reuarkaoi,
/ attractive iu locality and arrangements, bein.
| laid out with streets and sidewalks, III citl
1 ety,e. with arches overhead the whole length
1 coyered with iutarlacing boughs Of greener,
to impart cooling shado to tho prone naders
Artistic taste developed 10 adorn!ng the sna'
4 msr bowers" Of the Army Of the Potomac, q
! a Washington paper characterized then GU
eampment, where HOOKER had apparently ss'
, lied do wu for the summer, until roassd " pre-
cipitate evacuation by Con. sdelats genera
shIp. No doubt pszmansnt location would ,
, very much to Yankee tas.s. both q hslls flM
| and Aqua. At the latter place, heard tn
!. | morning. two gnnboate were .lia staa'ons'
, sud shelling at intervalS, In order - pressrs
tha vharyes aud buildiags from the desuu
4 tion. / have no doubt an ehsctual veto vi
: \ ns INIT upou any future oeeupasion Of !h'
. A point Stafford needs compiets purtheasio
and would have every vessgs Of tyranr
n swept from her coll.
Nay eay \ word IN IoRAr0 SO Mlo p0llOl