Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
Appomattox Invincibles.
Appomattox. May 25, 1861.
Whatever may be said of the merit and claims of other military bodies of this county, none, I am sure, who witnessed the parade at this place on yesterday, will hesitate for a moment to award the palm of superiority to the Appomattox Invincibles.
Under their noble and gallant leader, Capt. Jas. E. Robertson, they became at once the centre of attraction, winning the universal applause and commendendation of the sterner sex, and the ‘"doux yeux."’ if not the hearts, of the fair and beautiful, who had assembled here to encourage their patriotism quicken their ardor, and arouse their prowess to carry terror and devastation to the very hearthstones of the wretches who would dare invade our soil.
But what else could we expect but the most signal success from men who are commanded by one who spares no pains, counts no cost, that can in any way avail to make him useful and serviceable to his men and country?--In order to give his men an antipart of the hardships and privations they must soon endure, he has been leading a regular camp life for several weeks past, although in the immediate vicinity of the comforts and endearments of a delightful home, illumined and made doubly attractive by that most irresistible of heaven's blessings, a charming wife, a sweet and interesting parcel of children.
His officers are of superior order and accomplishments.
His soldiers all of active zeal and high ambition.
We must claim for them in advance a successful comparison with the very best of our Confederate forces.
