Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
the secession feeling on the increase.
Hampden Sidney, Va., Jan. 19, 1861.
Although this is a most conservative and temperate neighborhood, the secession feeling is greatly on the increase.
Our last hope of maintaining our rights in the Union was centred in Senators Crittenden and Douglas, and the result of their efforts has greatly strengthened the secession party here, and weaned many Union-loving sons from their unnatural mother.
A magnificent flag spans the street at the Court-House; cockades are numerous, and the students of the College have organized a military company, under a Captain who received his military training at a Connecticut Military Institute; and if their services are needed, we will guarantee the Yankee agitators a warm reception at their hands.
Rutherford. 