The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-07
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The town Of Bu6olk, In vtsslnia, once one o.
the psetsiesi places On the nav war tsamraed eat
| of Virginia, h = shading moaumsat Of ths beau
ties Of The "Cnion." This Vohle l,,sls towa hs,
bssa uader the suie of the Yaakees far sewers
noaths, and here 10 ptctsse Of Il a. Il INV look,
fasn.shed b. q correspondent Of the Pstesshs 6,
Kzra<
! Afthe opening Of the war the nuabrr Of lnha..
aanss was 100, with Eve houses Of worship AM.
rs many ministers nf tho GOSPEL stationed hesr
| with their locks, weekly ncwspaper. sevenseen
rtores: tour or Bve schools Lodge 0f Masons and
odd FeIlnws, aad q division Of the Sons Of TEN
perancc. Everythins seemed cheerful and looked
prosperous, Hut, asas what has the war and
, Yankee Invasion dane' Now about ki0 persons, q,
AZ, sizes and conr. make up the whole number ri
ia"ahisanis; two nt the churches have beep rem
dered unit m uar and the Others greatly Injured
not minister resides here, aud there IL oni, ser
wee occasionally In nne nj the chngcltes: the
newspaper establishment has been entirely de-
moished, aud no association Of Masons, Odd
feuows, or Sons at Temperance meet hare, and
only one email schoo;, and there are only two
stores openvand hut few goods In either. The
yafds and gardens have all been destroyed, and
1fny Of the most beautiful family residences ore
ruined Look up and down Main sircef, and
scarcely person can be seea moving. Nearly all
iia servants and free negroes have moved off with
| thetr bypoerttlcat sympathzefs, and the white
gentlemen and ladies do all the work hcreiOfosp
performed by sefvaats
For miles around Suffolk scarcely a tree has
been ieit standing, and honse fence or any
brush wood can be seen. All, all have been dc
s'royed by the accurssd invaders Of onr soil and
d-stsOyefs of our homes Al least half a million
~ properly Was destroyed by fire In one week about
the i,me Longsireet retired from the vieinsty OF
Sufoik, In May last. Many before comfortable
Sh~ essW N1lssent We're sens fsfsiy IL che W,osjl
hameless and penniiess.
Eat In spite OF all their losses and their present
condition.. the citizens Of SNfnlk and md
nfe true 10 the Southern cause, and suffering has
only increased their love for Southern institutions.
only airw having any claims to rcspeciabiiiiy have
sympsihizsd with the North. It was indeed mot
tiey crew that left with the YStk, rs when they
evacuated Suffolk. For the Information Of refm-
gees, .subioin list "f the names Of all who left
SuHOlk and vicinity with the Yankees, viz -
!ofdan Par and family, Mrs N Cowper and
daughter, WIN T Wells and wife, Sabry Duke
Fanny Duke, Elizabeth Duke. Mary Z Whitley,
Caroline D!dy, Elisha Dtdv and wife, Nathaniel
Duke at,t wife, Fletcher Stiii, Martha Holland,
Geo w Singleton AMI family, Sarah Holland, Eliza
beth Bunch, Nancy Harris, ColumbIana LassiteT,
Mary J Brown, Sophia i.assiter, Washington Luke
and wife, James Joyner and wife, Chas II Kelly
aud wife. Mrs Dean and daus shter, Elizabeth Nelms,
Jane i.awrenrt, 4 Adams, Harrison Willis aud
wife, Capt Tyler and family, and Lrggeit and
family With the exception Of two or three first
named in sliis list any viruOus community yvO ild
be glad at any time to get rid of the whole batch.
The future, In some respects, looks gloomy in
deed TO the people here; but ali seem siOnishing
~ hnPeii', ana can but lock upon them with all
their expressions and sn!ferinss, and feel ashamed
for many respondents in other sections.
-Four companies Of Yankee cavalry are stationed
at BernaFds01ili, four tuiles below Suffolk on the
Portsmouth road, and their pickles at Jericho
Run, two miles from town. Little thieving squads
frequently enter the town and steal whatever they
can iad, and arrest soldiers and returned citizens
that may come in their way. Every one has some
tale I, tell Of wrongs perpetrated by The Spearss
Ilth Pennsylvania cavalry. The Confederate CON-
i"ander that will capture this regiment Of cav vary,
and bring up the head Of Col Spears In a charger,
will immOIlaiize himself In this community. Sev-
efai refugees were In town last week, among them
the ,tastor of one OF the churches, who, 70 avoid
arrest, stayed only short time, and was not per-
mitfed to meet the few remainins members of his
charge in worship.