The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-19
W4RRESToE. VA, Jru'n

Il " N'' WV 1870.
n WARRgTToE, Va, J,.ti ,m IN his
IS Your CORRESPONDENT was ..ei,, far hut
C pied with the Education spa ~ ;ts hos
&c recent letters that he Low bc has lin
i;ttIn concerning thieoweVer, nc i,"S ,in-
y an,,,n LATTER most OF lne ucie.
$. ,oro% l,r r' Few their departure, ne Will
In oates have Johnston. 4 $50.
- now snnnI. us say that the RECENT meet,
But H. Association Is autil..ssu on al,
= ,ns "a, a. been held. The reports were of
= Thirst order of ability, the discussions of
been interest. and the social intercourse of
i Inc educators of the State In the highest
degree pleasant and profitable. The pro-
fesSors and teachers who do not attend
these meetings are losing great deal.
Warrcnton is certainly one OF the prettl-
est little towns in the State, and is improving
very fast. During the war it was centre
of operations for the great "Army OF the
Potomac" and the wonder Is that one stone
is left on another. Your correspondent Is
being most Hospitality entertalncd az the
house which Major-Gcncral John rope hao
for his headquarters, and from Which lie
issued some of his famous general oracrs'
From here he advanced to the fapi'lVn
with all the air and rctinuc OF an Eastern
monarch and il was while lingering here on
his retreat. uncertain what To do, that nc
received the crushing news that StoncWai,
Jackson was in his rear; that STUART mao
CAPTURED his new coat, and that IL hna
really become necessary for his Highness TO
attend to the hllmilating duty OF " look
ing after lines of retreat" and to discover
the full meaning of his famous uttcraancc:
:. Disaster and shame Turk in the rear"
Your correspondent was shown the spot
where General Mcclellan had his hcadqliar-
tcrs in 1862, when he was relieved rom ms u
command by the hero who, from inc Ii.l-
Tins House in Stafford, watched With "a
powerful glass" the battle of Frcdcricks-
burg and the slaughter of his troops. The
citizens tell many incidents showing the
kindness of heart and gentlemanly courtesy
of Little Mack" and the cnthllslastic
devotion of his troops to him. HIS
farewell to his army is said to
have been most splendid pageant,
and the grief of his men 80 deep, and thelr
indignation Mt his removal so great, That The
whole army would have broken out in mlI-
tiny, as one brigade did, but for McClcl-
lanS personal influence.
But the citizens speak more highly OF
General Scdgwick than of any other north
crn General. They say that he would have
stolen horses returned TO their lawful own
crs even though in the possession OF ms
field or general officers, and showed in va
rious ways that he had II sense OF justice,
and did not mean for his soldiers to be SIM
ply lawless plllndcrcrs.
1t was at Warrcnton in the fall Of 1863
that General Lee concentrated his army
md had planned that crushing blow against
Meade which only failed of complete sue
less by Hardness on the part Of certain OF
his sribordinates. During the winter of
lS63-64 part Of Grants army were quar-
tered here.
Warrenton was also in the centre of
50 Mosby'S Confcdcracy," and its vicinity |
5he scene of some of the most brilliant en-
ploits of the great Partisan Chief. BY the |
way, the visitor to Warrcnton now will he |
struck with Il >mooth-faccd yolns-looklng
nan, who has great firmncSs and decision OF
marked on his features, who may
Nc frequently seen drivinga pair OF splendid !
horses to 4 phnton filled with ladies. or
:antering a noble Steed alongthc turnpike
who can be found hard at work i'll his |
office, or romping with his children at |
lome-but who is never seen loitcringabout |
Dar-rooms or engaged in any kind of dissi- |,
is modest, shrinking, and gem
,rOus to fault, and is evidently univer- |
sal farorite. a northern man would be |
j southcrner delighted, to |
hear that this is Colonel John 5. MoSby,
whose name was so long the admiration OF
his friends and the terror Of his foes, and
who since the war has quietly gone to work,
md is fast winning place among the first
lawyers Of the State.
And the stranger who goes to Warrenton
must not fail to visit model farm just out
on the turnpike leading TO the Springs. He
will be struck with the splendid barn and
other out-building>, the evident skill with
which the farm is cultivated, and the splcn-
did crops that arc growing upon it. But
he must not leave without seeing the pro-
prietor, whom he will find to be Il plain,
but courteous gentleman,
who will tell him all about agricultural
chemistry and practical farming, whose
eye will flash presently as he gets on the
state of the country and shows his
perfect familiarity with national and
State politics. After Il short convers;l-
ton even the stranger will not be surprised
to hear that this is eX-Governor William
smith, who figured so long and so bril-
lantly in the councils of Virginia and of
the United States, but who, in the ludg-
ment of some of us, is entitled to his high
est need Of praise for the sturdy gallan-
try with which he used to lead the
"Bloody Forty-Ninth" and the "Old
FOlutu ' lIPllII DIiSuuc, anu Lilt ultlolil-
table energy with which since the war he
has gone to work to repair hissfortunes. He
rises early and gives his personal attention
to everything, and shows an industry and
activity which few young men equal and
none excel. And the boys of the old cav
airy corps would think it more than worth
a trip to Warrcnton to be permitted to
grasp the hand Of General William Payne,
who used to lead them SO heroically into
the thickest of the fight.
There has been in Warrcnton very
marked improvement in both private resi-
dcnccs and public buildings. All of the
churcll-houses have been improved, but the
Baptist Church have completed one of the
most tasteful houses OF worship in the
State.
The crops around Warrcnton seem to be
splendid. The lands have greatly enhanced
in value in this whole section. Ergo, Colo
mel John W. Fairfax, just across in Lou
doun, has recently sold his farm Uhc old
residence of eX-Prcsidcnt Monroe) for $50,-
900 to DIR. Quinlcy, of New York. 1t is
said that SO, 900 would have been consid-
cred good price before the war.
NlAToR.
A WAR CL0UD.-We copied Yesterday Il
paragraph from the Bristol Ne,cS of Friday,
in which Colonel Clarkson, Of the salt