The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-13
,c,ri. Of the southern Confetieracy

E,t5i<i is the English word expressing
,r, idea conveyed by this current French
Geological term, which properly means
rocks. gravel, &C., detached from the
sides Of mountains"
The rubbish of the Confcderacy, such as
homes. old iron, brass, &C., &C., has fur
,,>Acd We know not how many cargoes for
vessels leaving the ports of Richmond and
civ Point since the Sd of April, 1866.
To feed an army requires many beeves;
and beef, as most people who 60 to market
auow, has hone. Many becves make many
loncs-and many hands, busy in gathering,
.rcumulate great piles to be trundled to
,,wn by the cart-load, and weighed out for
transportation to "Cowes and q market"
That noble animal, the horse, has like
si,c contributed largely to the traffic in
bones. These animals persisted by the
.lnr>auds in the track Of every army.
>rRuAx's great hosts, as they passed
,.rtlward on their last march, left them
,.rrwri along the road at such distances
.l.., for some time afterwards the nose of
8 ,uayrllcr was never unconscious OF their
y ,-r,cucc.
u n seems very hard that, after the war
ii ,r,.i,, rs 50 poor, the bones were not left
II =, enrich our own fields. But peaceful
4 myry> from the north, with good smelling
II .rrira,l,>. came down quick after the
smoke of the battle cleared away, and
4 were a, liligent in buying up the bones OF
n dead animals as they had been careful in
II saving their own.
81 Wrwcrc green then, and took toa green
Il bank a. a fish takes to water. Our bones
Z u.rt a, ten dollars a ton. They were car
q led north. ground up, and returned to
y ANYBODY here that was able to buy at forty
4 dollars. OF course we could not buy: so
the grass will grow, and the wheat will be
gathered 10 the sickle by more favored
tanner, in more thrifty States, from the
,urchiug properties OF this iertilizing dust.
Something has been done, however, to keep
ul.r bones at home. There is one bone.
ml at least, in the vicinity of Richmond,
which we hear is doing a smashing bust
.r>,. We are glad to hear that its pro-
u-.r,or> find that when they have reduced
;4r article to powder it goes off well. 1t
i pleasant to think that somebody is able
3 I, improve the land the fact indicates
8 more money and energy than most people
h had supposed to exist.
II But the bone merchants are still coming
II rom the north, and bones are going up.
q They now pay nearly double what they did
s. at first. OF course they can afford it, or
d .hry would not do it; which shows that we
q err green.
B The warehouses open for the collection
g u bones and other rubbish of the Confede-
acy are very queer looking places. No
Il body, before these times, ever supposed
Il there was so much money in trash, or that
n Trash aud money were, except in poetry,
much alike. The piles Of old rags and
q rope, are huSbandcd with miserly care.
u Tue things scattered around, which seem
d 10 be- gathered for bonfire, are the off
gogrng of creation; but the proprietor
d kaow> thing or two, and is laying the
d "10luions of pccuniary prosperity in the
week ol matter and the crush ot-bones.
A The sign of his trade in addition to a
4 "ogcataloguc too tedious to cnumerate,"
4. written over and around his door in very
~ bad >pclling is the skull of horse bleached
by long exposure till it is white as snow,
OF the horns of an OK poking out under the
caves ii the house. Before the door you
may lind cart load of hoofS, legs, ribs,
&C., &c. and if you stay long enough, wit
Less bona ride transaction between the
glyer and seller.