The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-29

ordly defiant air Of Individuality and sc.s asser
with their old, wild dis:ordaat yslIs, making day
or night hIdeous. This familiar Southern tunes oi
"Oixie" or the "wockfns Blrd," execrabiy inter.
prescd BY few ifes, corhet, nd a drum, con
tras, marveliouely wtsh the rich swell Of ine Ger
man bands IN washington, which rerder 10 per
fection the "!ast Roae Of Summer or o,le of
Mcntcssohn's superb marches, crashing among
the distant echoes Of Poansy'vaaia avenue. And
yet there Is heart, u,Us and a sauetaess about
the Southern s'Dixte" and the nien cf i,s inter
prefers, which are looked iof In vain among the
s,oiid German musicians Of Washington and the
gaudy troops beiixened with gold lace who follaw
them.
But other symptoms of war, with the exceptso.
of the uniforms In the streets Washing ron ha
none to show. TIE redundancy OF "sreenbacks' -
those evidences, according 10 sfr sewa.d Of a
mighty nations exubeIans pros5er.,y-,s ycry ner
ceptibe In the Increased crowd of The streets
the hungry look Of greed which every face wears
Nut, perhaps, there II no solder sign OF the tiars
which have brought sudden wealth to an. and
moral thoughifulness to none, than HI. uhtn,itg
and bo!duess Of the frall sistsrhood who t,,yonp
every avenue and public resort, seeking 1u SKI n.e5
Of the contractors pgcHlatOrs and ,os1UsauE ,chs.
and blending In n scene which could alone he ni,o
tographeA in language by the pea of Jpvena, l,n
every side money flows as thnpg, the po,ot,sc
were the pactDus. 1he dome Of The Cauito,.
which once promised 10 share the fate wiihoi,, ri .
vaing the beauty of Coiosue Catned Al, Is finished
and surmounted by a Goddess of such LiAet,y as
even Madame Roland never conceived I'Da hote,s
are thronged to bursting; WIZARDS, in particular
is occupied by an excited, Pike-eye.., se4,fi. .
crowd such as vibra,es IA DE eoaS,ses OF ,l,e Pri
sian Eoursa. At night theatres, gambling boH.a.
"Varieties," " and worse dens Of infamy yei,s,i u,
der no pretance at disguise vie with me
of the ''inSpirsd Maid Of Philadelphia - Miss Ar,,
Dickinson Mr.. Stewards optimism Is accru.rt
without hous.it or comment; 10 souaG of war s1;e
the occasional lOoai of cannon beng fr.a, n, r,e
Navy Yard "a sound sJothidg to Yankee va,.it,.l
pvP Nr In tn,,tS
openly, a.d S.r seward secretly, are spccuia:;,,
mach more as 10 their chances for the f;ty. prrs;
dency than as 10 the sirensta OF Gen. Lee os the
designs OF President Davis.
Proceed next TO New York, and the reco.!actiors
OF Richmond, blurred by intercourse with masu
ington, fade Into the haLy distance, and can he re-
called only by vigorous en1rt Of the understand
ing. But ~ he journeys ECsthwards from Wash
ington the pa sepg.r cannot hut droamtiy con,f;s.
tile m2Gory OF his reccat suffsriaas Wuoa the oyer
ttsked railroads Gf 'Diyic' with The seed the
comfort and tho rooniness OF the Northern ear
shoi, not aitcmp[ 10 carry your readers in,o Broad
Waya thousand times Gescrioei, bGt as inty
able as EiaeaFd-h0r to enter upon any attempt IL
detail. There is such matter for all feeling Ia
this street that the mind sinks crushed
Luxury, ostPntIf'on, heedessuess, heatiessupss--
the richest inrs, lhe gauaiest Silks the brightest
bonnets, The most gIte,iny diamonds, Operas
theatres concerts, cIjes cAanc2Ets, shows o;
every hue--WhY should seek 70 proions tn. list
I. Ut'mOhlcos famous restaurant or ~ tl,. f,S;;,
Doyce Spauiari!s, Fpachmcn, Italians, English
men discuss wines and viands to which nUGhinr
superior can be exhibited at PhIipoe's al VI
tG,,rs. Us ttr a ta0G .ht OF the w3r, of The 51J.
so souls which it has h,led mo eternity from The
North, or the 900 0u0 iOnfcde:s;cs who have died
grizzly j,~o aris et fcis-Why speak think Of scch
gastiy theme. Good taste iorbids It's mention;
nevertheless, ii ever among the upper ten Thousand
its tame is bteaihed, il struck me that four times
ont of Ave the speakcr's sympathy was with ii'
South and jeff Davis Stately policemen, In b!aa
gray uniforms, p.tronzc the adies ii hustled in
i..AJ ar tr I,,sE
ing friends Why is il tIia. Democracy converts
The hote; clerk, the steamboat or railway condac
tor, the policemen, and such Ike into kind o
aenii sod-a man not only As coed as his neiahblf,
tut vastly greater and lot,isr, Occasionally, with
the usuai fonfdres ct magnificent bands regiments
fresh from our cOHntty's glorious batiie-tejs.'
parare along Broadway, with battle iidgs iattefed
and torn, and (as is nsinua ed) ridile IHto shra.s
by the tornado CT shot through which they have
passed. | have, as i; happens, secH TOO many Con
!eder1tc battle hags which have be n through every
encounter cl TN war; and which. ias the So!taeEn
bullets are fax more numerous titan the SoUt,srri
have been exposed To a iierceI ti5e to believe III
this demonstration OF SOrtherI aluOdthiTstineos
But .he sight never fails so bring the house down p
and elicit the r3ptnraus cheers OF Roadway +,
which believes In the trI.hiu.neSs of the eXhih-
away from the spot where such scenes enacted
But Of all tiInas the ;noS astoRisi.iaI and bevil-
Ierina 10 the stranger fics ff0la Richmond l. tie
.ucredibe ignorance aaj craduily OF these careless
sons and daughters | have hardly patience 10
dwell upon the evidences OF my meaning. A slave
who has run away from Richmond and gives out
mat re has escaped fIGm President Davis, is cle
waited into an authority, and mounts the ros,rua1
through The columns OF ths public Journals. 'sTne
Southern armies are melting away by deser,on
and L.e aud i,ODgstreet can hardly ket the field u
Il will be as Well 10 state once Tor ak that IN the
spring, summer and autumn months the balance Of
de5eTteTs il always in favor OF the Congderates,
but that in the depth Of winter while iEaction aud
staSration prevail, the Federals are, as Il Were,
'.North Carolina is on The OF yielding TO the
Establishments of General Butler. ant, headed
by Governor Vance, Wit be back III the Union by
tie 1T. Of next JuIy." Am | dtGam.ng, or did
hear 4 fortnight ago from Gov. Vance I!lat he
vvoui., rather fight for 20 years Khan cCnseE, any
thing but full, ind, aad irfcv1catle diSs5,uii1a al
The guion? "Vice President Stephens, TIE atie st
man in the South is q, tie folnt Of dea6," Darng
sixteen months in the Confederate States | have
never seen, and scarcely ever heard OF Vice Z esj-
deaf Stephens The list of similar chinieias might
be swelled to ininity. As IL iii the hegan n e.
so ii is now, and 81 it will be 70 the end et2pr
$40 teri alternaias with sa93eS.;o fals: ihe Union
mus, and shall be maintained, because every man
in the Northern States wills H. aud will give his
last dollar rather than abandon The contest. /, Is
useless to reply that the dollars whic. taeY are
giving are "ha.us;" tnat this war will be wen not
by those who print fastest, but by those who shed
tlci! Blood most freely, and iace seif deniai win
nast sublime Indifference. "Eons'antiy ., eff L
state OF want t:oa state III abundance, says cEe Of
trasted aspect of the two sections tie moral CON
veyed in this ap0thSsm
| could not hut tbak In tie fr-t instance, OF my
parting conversation, FEW h0cis peto'e, wiz:
Pseadent Davis; of his ca.Fr, w@ishty analysis of
the comparative strength of tue tegeTauis about
20 close In n fourth and deahier grifp'P; OF his
quiet, earnest conf 'encc; his ktadi;ns eye "eia
1t not that remember that he deihsd " ash.ngion
was surrounded On earth by slet.actoTs ana winters
that on his right hand stood Chatl's Lee, 10
men,lng by anonymous addresses discoh :ainns
1he Amcrtcsn troops, and OH his iett ''he'so. ,
lendi1g his great powers 10 secret oeiahia'i'h %
Ills chief-l should search tor specii a'iFnutfS "a
The Sontherners TO aecnun. for the ttc: ;ni', 1t
though almost unanimous apaiHs: The YANKEE, iheY
Jack wisdom or virtue enough tn appfeciat the
man whom, df all others, Providence mas afap1ed d
FOR MS mighty task. 3as. ia spite oi taeif i"iis
Dant refusal TO be gauged By The measure oi ohef
nations, history is for the Americans tne sane
revolution Of cycles and repsEi ton q: ineideh's:as
for every other people on earth.
RAT HusT.--A rat hunt was recently he!d IN
tnc sewers of Paris, where the vernin Eed taken