The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-25
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r>,--rATRlCK HENRY-A CON-
r:s7oSi' ,,rrS uESRy's MARCH on VIII
1EAST Do, ~ - AND GRANTS on RICH
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4~''' OK THIS Wise, July %. 1878.
.,.,, sci,inm passes III q Hnoi. 'ilr as T 1.
w - S,.,orir interest as nave 'ust uoue
l>'',' ,,nynry Though portions Q, Iia"u.el
h,n,v William counties. tou ne
'oa ' MN Ind fine to gaze on the hns OF 'or.'-
>'' .:,,. round Richmond, when Lees en.
a@''D ,,n.. xii planned, and wh'cn iot 'oui
~'H'', ~ his strategy and the heroism OF
lo- H' ,,,d veterans held against the mos,
h'> ~ ~ military combinations the woria
! po"','r >ccr ere you dash across tue
has '''' .h,lahominy and bave strangely
N'>'t "reminiscences Of Captain john
"if-'" rnwhatap. Pocshontas, Mcclellan,
>"'..',,,ii Jackson. Lee, and Grant.
>,o"' ,,lao,s statiou YOU are reminded OF the
!: ., s' y, one time in 1864 this point was
a. 49, ,ro,,e L.fr of the invincible line OF bat
''' 'H an Which Lee confronted Grant, and
nr,s pre!lv severe lighting was done
IA. h.rr Yon remember also that three
ma go !. "Y,liow Tavern" where Stuart,
M "',r',, cavalry leader, SO nobs yielded up
,"' h tr save The city nc loved so well.
D. ~ ~. ,,c hurry on Ia Hanover Courthouse,
I,.,vr The crowd Of spriags-gocrs
'I,sl, = carriage acro>> the country.
az ,,,r can visit Hanover Courthouse
mon, calling up all he knows about Pat
,I,nry Not far OIL he was born. These
IN AMI woods and streams were the scene
-. hn,hood DAYS as he would turn away
hHol and books. and go forth, gun or
Ltnr.rod in hand. TO study the more con-
- h,nx of nature In this neighbor-
~ w,r, the farms where be made his
i,.s unsuccessful effort TO coax living out
~, ~, ,1rth without doing much work, and
,.rlhv were the stores where he made his
',a,Iv unsuccessful ventures at merchan-
G!s.ng. ,,,..,
uI,.t, wss Kept by his father-in-law, and
,L.,rr on one occasion Henry himself danced
""nlance on the nciShboring gentry or
I,,,rt visitors who were accustomed to con-
-n,5,, There. But there stands the same
"a rrrr, house. built Of brick brought over
.r"ro Enslsnd about lT20, in which Henry
,,,,;, HI. i,'p. ut the bar in the celebrated
,'psr.on,' cause" and won bis first triumph
- NJ, splendid career. As | gazed on the
,r,,rtly.<haped old building could almost
r,,grs the scene 50 wildly described by
~, The crowd attracted by the genera!
,-,,r.., ~ this test case on the power of the
.r-, 10 collect their taxes from the people ;
~. Iorr than twenty clergymen who occu-
,.-i -, lench ready 10 rriticise without mer-
=, .t,vppny lawyer Who opposed their claim;
,t.s~r.y OF LEGAL talent at the bar, and the dig
r,r.l bench of magistrates over whom bis
,nrfqIber presided ; the plain and seemingly
.oryipcinc statement of Mr.. Lyons, counsel
fir the clergy the Stammerlng accents and
.oswgri GESTURES with which Mr.. Henry
p.rr,u hi, reply, causing the clergy to eX-
,h,r., ,lv looks of iIl-cunccaled contempt,
,.. friends 10 hang their heads, and his
.,,l.r almost 10 sink IN his Seat-and the
..,,,,l ri.e 10 those sublime heights OF ora
Tory y hth finally drove the clergy III confl-
,,o3 from the courthouse, got a verdict
..Iu>t law and evidence. 50 carried away
III, court that they unanimously refused a
r.N trial and wrought up the people TO such
i,rh Of enthusiastic admiration for their
.h4mrion that they could not be restrained
ran >rilug upon him and bearing him out
m triumph on their shoulders, while they
mad, ,hc welkin mig with cheers. All these
AMI Other details come troopinS up from
nn>s o!ier times Is YOU gaze on this old
!y,,!.-. until YOU are brought back to the
present bv seeing two OF Henry's successors
:. the Tar intent ON u game Of ccoQuet in the
uuur'-h0ugC yard.
some miles below is Hanovertown," on
=. PMnunkey, which was settled before
R!thmOnd. under lbe name OF Pages Ware
house, had a considerable population and
business exporting 1000 hogsheatts OF to-
.1cco annuaIy}, and came within few
'ote> Of defeating Richmond and securing
~ state capital when it was removed from
Williamsburg. But the channel OF the Pa
munk.y. Nhich was then nayigabie to thl:
Joint, gradually filled up, the trade OF tho
Town WAS diverted, and it sunk into decay
until DOW it has not single house standing
saI is name and few old ruins are all that
i l"!t 10 tell of its former glory. Yet 1T
Nalnr will live in history us the poin
g, which, in l7715, Patrick Henry as
>rmhlcl his volunteers TO march Of
Williamsburg and compel the agent
Of Lord Dunmore to pay for the pow
DIR ~ had taken from the arsenal there or
Ii, receipt OF the news of the battle OF Lex.
lu"ton: and As also the point ut which, IL
l>g4, Grant crossed the river WheU, after
irving Lees lines in vain at Hanover june
,lgM, he made smother flank movement only
10 ind Lee still in his path, and to receive al
It'd l!arhor that bloody repulse which
,ogtrd him to abandon his direct "on tc
ENhmond," aud begin the siege Of Peters
aarc. y competent hand might draw 8
vivid contrast between Henry and his little
aa4l ol patriots (although ErebclS ~,
dressed in ticir homespun hunting-shirtS
aDd with their long rifles, marching with
it!n tread 10 compel 1.-THE Government tC
restore or pay for the powder which it mad
isk'n out Of their reach, and which they
wanted to assist them in defending im
pcrr!cd liberties and Grant with his spleu.
DAILY equipped array Of overwhelming Dum
t"r marching to "deleat the rebels" and
crash out the last vestige OF those libertiea
iol which Henry and his c,mpeers struggled
Three miles from Hanover Courthouse, or
tie county roadt 10 Richmond, was the birth
pace Of Henry Clay" the mill-boy of the
>ltShts WHOSE noble sentiment 81 had
rather be right than President" it were well
TO revive in these days upon which we have
fallen. And this whole region is still fragrant
WIKI the memory of Samuel Davies, the
great Presbyterian preacher, OF whose elo'
fucncc Patrick Henry was accustomed to
speak in such glowing terms, and whom, il
!. supposed, he took as a model for his OWE
ulMory.
II Ms Of Davies Of whom the following
anecdo;c is told On visit to England in
LOB he was preaching before George H.,
VITO was curious TO hear preacher from the
"'IdS OF America, when the King was SO car.
rid away by his eloquence that he expressed
III, establishment in tones loud enough to be
heard half over the house. Seeing that the
hlus was attracting more attention than
mmstlf. pa,ies paused, and looking his Ma