The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-18

dent hope that the enemy will be miserably
unsuccessful in executing the plans hs il af
present working 90 vigorously and resoluteiy
10 carry ont. We expect him to be punished
severely fha persists in the undertaking. Bat
we may bs disappointed. Oar hope may prove
deIusiou. The result the timid and De spond.
enI predict may transpire. The capture OF oar
city may uerehsnes delight his base and cor.
rup. heart In case that frign4fuI calamity
fail upon us, they who remain here fnrst suf.
fer grievous eviIs The woes tho1 win have
poured on. upon them will be far heavier than
those under which the citizens Of New Or.
leans and Nashville, and Memphis have
groaped; for the vile foe hates the people of
tnis State with tenfold more bitter hatred
than he entsrtains for the inhabitants of any
other section, aud he will not spare rs wheu
hs comes az eonqusror.
On The Eupposltion Of the foes suceess, it is
our dnty TO avoid inenrring his tisnGi h ma!ig
Dlty. All who Can bs Of no service in the
work OF defence should betahe themselves to
places OF shelter. Aud it were well not 10 de-
Ter removal TO a late day. We may be COM
PEELED to remain, or, if We make good our
escape. circumstances may obige ns to leave
all cur pereonal effects behind
We ahouid also consider that our city il 60
ing to make 8 fierce and determined resistance
Ii the enemy gets il he will have to take IL.
no lag of truce boat will meet him idwey
bet wser the wharves aud Fort Sumter in oraHr
10 efiset q eurendsr. We are 9oag to tight
I'LL we ara drivsn from stFsst TO street, and
ccniinna 70 fight while we are tttreatiDg
So determine a resistance involves immense
injury 10 our fair city, Ut the hands of the enc.
my. IL will be Little better thai heap o. ruins
even though th5 work Of destruction is not in
sured by military order.
We repeat tiiat we are OF opinion that the
present attack will result as The other attacks
have done, and even more d:sastrousiy TO the
mean and wicked foe Bot i. i. no. proper to
prepare for the worsti Ii We are forced tn
defend our city after ths manner we have re
solved to defend it, the women aud children
aDd aged men who tarry too long would sn'ier
misiries infinitely greater than they will have
to bear during their temporary exile.
IL tehooyes us 30 give this suti act serious
end profound consi ier alton Ii The enemy is
forced TO abandon the ii Jrt he Is making I'D
gam possession OF our Guy, we can return TO
our homes in short time. If he ia success
fu--whoh God forbid we will have avoid
ei prvaJions and woes Of which we can now
form no adequate conception. Let us take
counsel Of prudence.
The citizens Of Charleston are furnishing
cooked rations to the troops on Morris's Island.
Tie foreigners IN that (.y who refuse TO fight
are not sent North 30 their Yankee friends.
Here is the way they are served
We learn that not more than six or seven of
all the employees at ihe Arsenal refused to join
any company, and Major Tresevaut, command-
snt OF the Araeuai, quickly sent these, with
tteir foreign protection papers 10 Mnl n
perfymsn, our new enrolling oiiicsr. who i.e
quickly forwarded taem TO Morriss Island,
whers ''diohing' is going on, ALI foreign pa
psrs ara not resp tected