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From Portsmouth.[special correspondence of the Dispatch.] Portsmouth, Va.,
This is a charmingly bright morning, though the air is cool and bracing.
There is not much of importance to communicate, and yet there are a few incidents which may not be uninteresting to your readers.
On Saturday afternoon, a troop of Cavalry, the Sussex Light Dragoons, consisting of about seventy members, commanded by Capt. Belsches, rode into our city, and after a brief sojourn on our side of the river, resumed their line of march to Norfolk, their destination for the present.
After the parade at the Hospital at 6 P. M., on Saturday, the men at the battery of the great guns were exercised by Capt. McIntosh, formerly of the Navy now under Lincoln.--The orders were executed promptly and skill-fully — the men at the several guns evincing that desire to excel which actuates our people, and is characteristic of them in all they undertake.
There has been organized, since the vandalism at
From Petersburg.[special correspondence of the Dispatch.] Petersburg, April, 29, 1861.
Our City Council has promptly responded to the order of Governor Letcher, requiring tracks to be laid connecting the several Railroad depots.
The work is to be commenced immediately, and will doubtless soon be complete.
The bridge over the Appomattox, however, offers an obstruction, as it is not in a condition to bear the weight of a train.
Twenty cases of muskets, of the make of 1852, were brought over the Southern Road to-day, from Fayetteville, destined for Augusta, Georgia.
They will be for warded over the South-Side Railroad.
Though the route is very circuitous, it is rendered more eligible by its more perfect connections.
Two nine-inch Columbiads were brought up from Norfolk yesterday, destined for New Orleans.
They will also be transported over the South-Side Railroad.
It is understood that they are intended to be put on board of ships, for the defence of the harbor.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.military spirit in Caroline — flag presentation, &c.
Ruther Glen, Caroline Co., Va., April 29th, 1861.
In a letter to the Dispatch,a short time ago, I ventured to predict that Caroline would send to the field at least 500 men. The rapid progress of events since clearly demonstrates that I missed the figure by nearly half.
There are already four volunteer companies organized, and each is being daily augmented by recruits from every section of the county.--Other companies are organizing with surprising rapidity.
One, scarcely a week old, numbers sixty, rank and file, and applications for membership are pouring in.
The militia, which has been greatly reduced by the volunteer companies, is drilling at Bowling Green, under Col. Thornton; and we may confidently expect it to be fully qualified for service in a very short time, so skillful is the management.
The Greys, now numbering seventy odd, were presented by the ladies wit
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.the spirit of '76 in old Louisa. Trevillian's, Louisa Co., April 29, 1861.
It seems to me that every man, woman and child in this county is ready to go at a moment's warning to meet the enemy.
Besides several volunteer companies, we have in nearly every neighborhood home guards, who are ready to serve their country anywhere, and at any time.
An offer of a hundred able-bodied negro men has been made to Gov. Letcher, to do whatever His Excellency may ask of them.
The colored people are as ready to fight their Black Republican enemies of the North as to eat their meals when hungry.
This is the way our negroes feel, and old Lincoln and his fiendish emissaries will find themselves as much mistaken on this point as did old John Brown, who, in my opinion, was a far better man than any one of those now at the head of the Government in Washington.
Well, let them come:the spirit of '76 yet burns in the hearts of our people, and the God of N