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The Daily Dispatch: April 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
esist unto the very death the coercive policy of old Abe and his myrmidons. The Grays paraded in full force, and fired seven rounds and a volley for old Virginia's deliverance, which news the Telegraph has vouchsafed to us this day. As I write, a grand torchlight procession is going on; large numbers of citizens, soldiers, and boys, fill up the ranks; cheer after cheer rends the air, while the blaze of the torch and tar barrel renders the scene one of the most imposing description. Mr. P. Sheffey, who is staying at the hotel, was called out, and made a very handsome and patriotic speech to the multitude. Several of our wealthy farmers have offered to subscribe liberally towards arming and equipping the young men, who are continually arriving and offering their services to Capt. Kent, of the Greys. He will have, in a few days, the largest and best drilled company in the South west. The young ladies at Mrs. McGavock's school flung to the breeze a beautiful flag of the So