The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-05
faox THE NRIH.
ruE yAsr DAY NV YORK.

Auu'SuAy laAl, b10 SVtu utG - V0Ty general
ly observed IN New Yorh city a. day oi
prayer and fasting. The paklic Offices we're
entirely closed, business gs1rally susp. nded
and services were generally held in the church
ss. We give below the concluding portion Of
Henry Ward Beecher's sernpon:
must sneak to you ef th6bIsye. Hsi,m,
brother. claim the right, = the name of the
Lord Cad, to call him my bFether. His teara
are my drink, his wrong my Injury. II be mad
been held to regulated labor for reasons of
political econc my, might hqve said that waa
wrong; if he had simply been held to absts.
mious diet might have said shat ewas wrong
Bat my brother who wears i sable eLiu has
not been permitted to callAEneelf man. IL
every S.ats the Leeislat ure hss ssexpressly taken
away from him that title a1d all the S,s.es
Ia the South rise up againsthtn and manhood
and declare that hs is oal = chassel. Tai.
abcur abuse of the slave e54eM-it is not il
the power Of fiendish hufn&a in2sncisv %
shu-e it. When the law bekfppL BY sayirg IT. at
the save is 10 longer ma& A0W Gre yeu 90
ing to take four m lions of q and casry ont
t sss gracr!ss! % syets% s. = l1'5 psaniDg Of the
u suglsss if he had still lived in the South la
more generosity, more magnanimity, more
Christian pa ience-a soul that reaches out
will. yearning sorrow toward his own people,
and is 50 gentle and forgiving toward tie op.
pressors-where m1re Wit, more penetration,
more elc cqusncel If he had simply lived a.
he WAS born in the South not one thouxht,
not enc single element of humsnity would
have been permitted to grow in his soul -
l have never epoken strong enough Of slave.
ether ride ''No, no. But moro than all,
am hurt In my toal tn&t religion has been
corrupted by slavery. am sorry for the poor
Uuteasts ia New York. never pass drag.
gled woman that ! do net fee! that il she
might be saved could die for her l never
sse thisves without havil the fse lug Of pity
strcnee. than anything else. They must b.
res.rai aed, they must bs punished; but they
deserve more Of Tiiy. I rever s.s men eur.
pfis st ny violent passions that l do not re
me mber that they a, OF the game bone and
II esh, and that am liable to the sam. TIL ogs,
a.d temper ja3gmtni wi h campassion BIT
there Is one place whers. am void of cor
pas ioa that il, when sse msn usiag lha of.
tc.o; lnleteTs to Ty to c0nSiace msn tha. j.
is ril ht 10 hold Uen il slavery. Tnay plead
tha work of Col itself f5r ths dc estfueiioa o.
Gods i'm sga. ,Tney have taken the blood Of
atonenens that they might sanctify the selling
ing to tr7 u. trembls wle1 l think Of the
na'ion; know not what hall bsf4ll Us il We
separate have no longsr auy pr0pheciss-
II wefeDail united, aud by force Of arms.
know Rot wie.her could trust the psop.s to
asJ ldc .te the questions thas woald come BE-
fore taem. Bat slie am, that If this people
are tius and strong tlsre will eoms emaneipa.
ton and liberty, sod there ehall bs recuu-
sIcc.ed founaa, ion Of government that shall
never be c,cvcu.
The following extract from the sermon 81
the Rev. Dr.. Bellows ia tho on.y .aliusicn
which ho made to the war:
Dr.. Bellows proceoa;d t, show tbs utter
mpossioiii5y Of su3oeaa to the S ,us.,, how Co.
lay Yves their Tuln, aad how victories c0u: ii
oniy weaken snd fiaally exhaust them. Tha
tius of real danger to the Government hsd
passed. Oar sole tanger was that tho rebel
lion would sncoeed st once. Alter one yesr
il was only question of time as TO when i
should finally yield to the superior poter of
the North. The great necessity is 4 willing.
Hess On the part of the loyal peo PIE to throw
ont Of the calculation the element cf tima.--
They must detcrMlhe to prosecute the war nn
til final and complete success is reached-be it
one J ear, or five years, Or ten, or for our ma
t;cnai lives. The moment the people abandon
evary idea but tais, we s,,ali remove the OBJ
ssacis to a speedy aud successful result It is
a mere sun in moral and mental arithmetic
L. does not even depend upon victories. To
wait for us is 10 coDqaer.
"sTARvING THE SOUTH"
Tne Rev. Henry Ward Bsecher has pub.
lished letter in the Nsw York Ia2ependenl.
in which he uses the following language with
reference to the probability of starving the
South into submission to Yankee tyranny:
We see no ulslantial evidence that the
South is ye. discouraged. What legislature, @,
or influential man even, hiss ut.
I sred despondiDg word I The epirit of the
people is not broken. With few exec p.ions,
the intelligent pri-onefs VINO ara taken hold
one language, and that il Of firm, rasolu O..
bitter Get. rminStion to re sstto the utterm ,st.
Nor can We learn that those who stay at
homo, and who suffer great dspriSa;ions, are
weary or discouraged. Even when hunger
drives women to riot and violence, it is rs-
markable that they demand dread" but
never "pea.e" Indeed, we are free to FAY
that we cannot repress cur adniration of the
Conduct OF tho Son.hern people in this terrible
struggle. L, needs only q worthy cause to te
regarded as heroic. They fssk to establish u
de.tstabie sy stem of slavery. They 81 sk for
tuat end the overthrow CT 4 baneioent Gov
ernlnsnt Their cause ia as bad as it can well
b. Nevertheless, they have given up all
things for what they regssd as their country.
Iaey lave rellnquiahed luxnries, submitted to
3,
not only wl,hOut murmuring, but eagerly and
after two years OF trials that ms y be said 81
most To have Esvolutionizsd the inferior Of
Southern society, and rsductd the III TO the
minimum Of comfort, they are uIdiscouTaXed
They are even more fierce aud bitter than
ever.
The prospect Of starving rebe Lion does not
eeeza very cheering. lie sumness CT the
South cone round too qucx. Men that could
march as Jackson's army cid into Maryland,
almost without conmissaria:, and eating
& cen corn for rations, p:ucked from the tieiu
for each Days use, are not hke:y TO slaEve on
corn meal ard green herbs Already early
garden crops are coming into Southern mar
kere. We don't Oh ut to a fsir.ehare Of star
vati0n as part OF military necessity, but We
confess TO NO. u little stame when we hear
men taking it for granted that the North IS
playing trenehsr kame, and does ty knife
and iork whe. i, cannot do with 'he sword
DOUBTFUL STORY.
F.om letter written by 3 Federal surg.on
TO lady in Sandusky, Ohio, ard which xaG
published in the hegasser, Of that place, We
extract the following rather hard story,
While we were cub on this les. trip DIRE ess
cd the wounds Of soliier (72d Indians) wac
had been taken prisoner wish cOmra6e -
After t, ing them both up to tree with thei,
hands BE- hind them, captain deliberately sho
item both-kii!ing the other man on the fpos
After shooting ths one aw.once through ths
face and once through the neck, 90 that Gu
the hali out just below the bend OF the jaw OF
the opposite side; untyirg him, taey still fouht
hs haa life in him, when the fisld shot hin
again in the back of the head while he Iay
writhing on the ground, the bail entsrirg Jos
st the base OF the ear a.d coming out 1t III.
left ego, 0enplsisly destroying H.
And yet with all these :. oands in the head
neck and facs, that mar. gat Up and Wandered