The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-09-01
9itllmond 0ispatrIl.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER !, 1869.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
Letter from the white SurDlsrr"--Who
fs There, etc.

LSsscE from tEe W RttC SULPHUR AZ"
fs There. etc.
WHITE SULPHUR, August 2S, 1869,
In my last I spoke Of the place, and now
TN say something about the visitors enc
their cmployments.
Just after meals the guests assemble IT
the large parlor, and student of human
nature may find ample scope for his study
in the different characters to be seen there
The beauty of the women and their elegant
costumes attract, of course, no small share
of attention. But will not o5trude upon
the domain of the fair Planchcttc BY
entering upon that fruitful theme further
than to say (if Miss P. will excuse mc) that
some Of the styles of dress would suit bet
ter in latitude where they have been &C.
cus.omcd to frcer manners and lcoscl
morals than among us.
CONFEDERATE OFFICERS.
Your CORRESPONDENT wos especially graft
fed in seeing once more q large number ~
cur most distinguished Confederate officers
thosgh the contrast between their drawing
raom costume and the faded gray they used
to wear is very striking.
That handsome Young gentleman witt
bellies of the season on the other, who seems
to be, as he dcscrvcs to be, great favorltt
with the ladies, is General r. D. Lilly, who
used to lead so gallantly the old Fourth Fir-
.inia Brigade.
That tall, fnc-looking gentleman whc
sits ON the yortico and talks so fccilngl!
Of his old command is General L. l..
Walker, who entered the service IN TIC
sallv DAYS of the war rs captain OF the
Purcell Battery" and surrendered Of
Anpom attox Courthouse as y. L. Hlils
chief Of artillery.
That clcgant-looking gentleman who pro
Incnadcs the room with wife and daughter
on either arm is General Lawton, who led
his brigade Of Gcorgians until he was dis
ablcd at SharpSburg, and was then made
uuartcrmaster-Gcnc OF the Confcdcracy.
That tall, very handsome, and fashion
ablv-dresscd young gentleman who seems
to be great toast among The ladies, Il
General Young, OF Georgia, who won an
cnviablc reputation by the dash and skill
With which he uscl to lead his brave troop
crs to victory against fearful odds.
The Old North State is represented by
the gallant Ballingcr, who is as courteous
in society as hc was terrible in the hcld.
That kccn-looEing, thin-yisagcd man.
whose every feature hctokcns genius, and
whose white locks would indicate arc did Il,
not rcpudiatc the idca-whose reputation ~
an orator is only cclipscd by orr adml-
ration for tho stern patriotism viii: which
he followed the Stars and Bars Ill through
the war, and on many hard-iought fell
freely riskcd his life in defence OF his
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. chief employment here
seems to be 10 cut curious canes for his
friends, while he talks in his own inimita
bic style on the state Of the country and
the future prospects Of his own loved Nir-
rinia--a stranger need not be told that that
man is General Henry Wise, the fearless
"tribunc of the people," tic noble Con-
iedcratc soldier.
But what young man is that whose raven
locks and mountachc may lie seen wherever
beauty and grace reign most decidedly !
Some one whispers that it is General Beau
regard, the great engineer and gallant SOL
der; but surely that cannot be, for the last
time saw that great Chicttain his hair was
as white as the driven snow and his bronzcd
features were not those Of the ballroom
Gallant. But another look cOnvinccS me
that my friend Is right, especially when
remember the ready reply made by the
brave chieltaiu to one Of the bellies who
twittcd him on this change. "When war
in command of on army" said he, II used
to dye my hair white to impress my soldiers
with proper respect for my aoc and posi-
ton. But after the war closed, and the ne
cessity passed away, allowed it to return
10 lis nGtrrdl c0ior.' May his locks never
turn gray, and may he live long to enjoy
the society OF which he ia so bright an or
namcnt.
That noblc-loolling man who passes about
with quiet dignity, has kind word and q
pleasant smile for oil, and is the centre Of
ell eyes, stranger need not be told is Gen
cral r. L. Lee, 1.-The foremost living man
Of all the world"
STATESMEN.
But the forum as we'll as the field is well
reDrcscntcd here. Indeed, II sensational