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The Daily Dispatch: April 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
stilities. Some six or eight gentlemen did, in fact, leave by this afternoon's train, among whom I may mention the name of our delegate in the Legislature, Charles F. Collier, Esq., who goes, as I learn, for some other purpose than for mere observation. Mr. Collier is a gentleman of marked ability, and has rendered himself exceeMr. Collier is a gentleman of marked ability, and has rendered himself exceedingly popular by his straight forward, fearless and manly course. He would not forsake the Union he had loved so much and so long, until every honorable effort had been made, but in vain, to bring about a peaceful separation between the two sections of the country. But as soon as he found that the people of Virginia were but thr time, he threw the whole weight of his influence in favor of Southern rights, and has advocated the Southern cause with much eloquence and effect. I hear that Mr. Collier's chief reason for visiting the South, at present, is to offer to the War Department a company of 100 chosen men, who are anxious to aid their brethren, by figh