Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-08-25

/ rice or some other ration allowed b. the
regulations. The men need vegetable matter,
and such men as compose this army Of North
ern Virginia ought to iave their wants sup
piled if the wants be proper, and it be .practi-
| cable to meet them. as is the case in this in
stance. That there is need of such issues is
c7;dcnced by the following synonymous note
: received BY gentleman in tho lines day
Or two since. 1t ut once ottests the Eesi Of
which speak, and is at tho same time a
proof of the tendency to honesty prevalent
| among our men:
':AuGUsr %, 1863.
:.Mr. iIi;!ry': Some of nv company have
bcca dealing in your corn without leave from
you. They present you pay for it they did
not take but 4 few ears
Tho gentlemen to whom this note is adj
dressed is 50 plersci with the honesty OK
h;bitcd that he will GLADLY furnish the writer
0! this note free Of charge hereafter.
| 1t il too 10. TO fight or write: nevertheless
I will venture u word or two Of spcculatjoIl.-
, This war will end with the close of Lincolh S
ADMINISTRATION if we are only true to our
| selves. | mean by this. if we only hold out
IL wc have borne ourselves thus far in this
struggle Nv reasons for this opinion are
these: The North is already tired of the war,
which is now prosecuted by the Government
against the will of the people. The peace
party is gaining ground, and tho war party is
losing correspondnGiy.. The present draft, if
executed At all, will bring a-smail force, and
these unwilling men. Next summer the
tines OF the three years men expire, Of
which class is the bulk Of the Federal array
At thai time the canvass for tho Presidential
election viii have begun, and it will To lille 20
expect to raise an entirely new arIny and be-
Yin tho war &c noco. Those facts vii! pro-
dues an overwhelming peace feeling which
will result in the triumph of q peace man for
the Presidency. N,.llandigham, think, VIII
be tue man. Some say Lincoln will not allow
an election. / respond, pray God he may
attempt TO defeat as expression OF Northern
} sentiment at The bailot-box flr then his
doom viii he sealed. But ne will do no suc!I
thin. The election will go forward. The
,.caGr party will prevail: Lincoln will 10 de-
inGJed AMI the populace that, in maa!cncd
phrenzc, cried aloud for war and bl0G,i
"a ls6i will in 1861, be as clamorUus fo-
..racc lnd separation.
This Wow Of the situation holds up cish'aan
months Moro Of war This wo firmly beicvc;
hrs our impression is thar the hard fighting
viii have cpaa,.i by tho nozt dog days. Bat
between ths AM then the North will make
its laat ef'r5, and O desperate ono it will be-.
Like the calln that preceded the fail Of Don
;ii,is0n and the siege Of Eicksbuvg, tho pres
cnt iull only bctoEcns the magnitude Of tbs
contest before NJ, and the doubtless great pre-
parat:n:s which the North il making FOR uuc
overthrow. lie! us, then. be warned in time.
and prepare for TIE conflict before U.s. Let
IL buckle Oh our armDr and bring forth I'll
, orr resources, to the end luat We may clo-o
his -fru.gIc in ful! blaze Of giory. and not
let i; hc sad of uS that We allowed the fruit
! 10 pass from our grasp % 1t ripened to tie
tnu h. The fields Of tho Old Dominion, ~
well u those along our Southern coasts = j
On orr S,nth-we-tcrn lines viii run riy'rs rf
h|G'd Turing The coming autumn; but let Us
iaHr nIt--thc Individual may die, but the ~
ton mu.t live, if we prove Iruc to the iaino
we have already achieved, and do not iaFifr
the record which o"r gallant dead have mad'
Cvr us.
Tie army is hopeful and bouysnt. OUCH:
the people 20 hare les, faith? Ought not army
aud people. remember their just cause, and, re-
ljaat upon Providence, he prepared n strike
iersive|y II tho final struggle for our homes
| and our birthrish,? Who will dnuhs il?
The of repeated story "f all quietaga;n goes
forth II the land. i; cannot. however. long
continue: but snon the tramp Of The war; horse,
the din uf r4uskctry, and the bclowing Of thn
l0ud-mnuii.cd cannon will be heard: and yc; viii
tho shvieks u the wounded and the walls Of
the iying % II? t. Heaven from the coming
battle -lie,.i+, TO curse tho vrctches who oT
their Greatness to their country'S ruin. If the
fast day has not been in vain, deeper faith
has been ncuica'cd and glorious results are
necessarily in store for us. Only Let III
patiently bide our time, aud all will yet end
well.
had already closed my letter when the
voices Of gifted singers and the skilled fingers
of apt musicians charmed my car with he
moSs delightful musical entertainment that
/ have listened 20 since this war began. s.
Sweet and touching were the strains amid the
,lcncc ana solcmnity Of the midnight hour,
that I wrs drawn invoIuntarily from inter.
c,n"sc from things terrestrial and f.l. As if
w,-r permitted FOR the while TO commune with
tie more sub'in.atcd things above and beyond.
Tie gcnt!rncn VIII" thus acquitted Themselves
:, handsomely, and to the qualification Of mll
vho heard them, composed An amatcus hand
Made NJ Of choice musicians and high spirited
gentlemen from the Twelfth and Sixteenth
Mississippi Regiments, under Prof. Martw@i!.
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