The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-14
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
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shai of this post, allowed to converse
with them. Having been for some time or
he out posts this side OF the river, they wer,
net well acquainted with the state OF a!fairs
in Washington, ard knew comparatively
nothing beyond what could be CLEANED from
the newspapers. From ayoung man ofmuch
intelligence, from New Jersey, / succeeded Ii
settin. a few tacts that May be in terestlDg.
lis name il VIM. y. Clark, OF Newark, be-
longs to the 81 New jersey regiment apd has
ef1 five months IN the service. While OF
i1cket near Baiiey's cross roads. he was de-
tsoted in giving papers 20 our men, ana was
ordered under arrest. lie WAS court martial
I'd, but the result OF the trial WIS not known
To him, and he was immediately returned Il
t;is guard house. as there had been so much
shooting going On for trivial offences, Il give
his own vsords,) he concluded the safest way
was IL ''siope tor the land OF Dixie The
apsyt hnsine>s " . 10 obtain an opportunity,
and Clark says:
IL wanted to wash, and got permission
from the officer OF the guard TO 20 10 tht
stream and return in three hours. guar
W sent with me, but we procured some
liquor, and IN q snort time he got very drunk,
AID, while was washing fell asHep untier 4
LTea. l took advantage OF the chance, anG
! ran to where had some of your pickets.
| waved nay haversack 10 Them, and sald i
surrendered and WAS u GeStIter. IneI
brought me here.
Soldiers are coming this side the river
| every day. They are fresh arrivals, but are
! nearly al drilled. There Is great deal OF
airy--sOnIe say as n ny as fifteen thou
sand and some more. IL is generally thought
that Geo. IL. Mcclellan has %, o0tl men under
| him General Mcdowell has command Of
| ;ilyision OF the army now ID aie&ancria.-
| Brlgacier Generals kearney and franklin
/ Iis.Ne command of the advance.
| "Ihcy are responsible Tor everything outside
| the 1oi tiIiVatiOnS IS far us the Fickets so
General krarney's command consists OF the
| list, "a. Sd, ANA lth iaiantry regiments Oh.
| hvW Jersey, baJtery OF HobokeE, seven
| br.es pieces, ana three or four CON panies OF
| Colonel Yopngs kentucky cavalry. Gene
raj Franklin cohlsi:aEGs the hrst division OF
| Tie army OF the Potomac. HIS own brigade
| is coz .pcseG Of IoUr New York regiments, u
| hight 6.tLtry Of more pieces than the Bobo-
| ken Latttrx, ana some cavalry. These gene
rails have been mace responsible for all prop
| .rty efn Uraceu IL their lines. Ii any man is
| caught Eiing any house, arm, out building OF
| hey rick, hc Is 70 BE- shot
| ~ cannot notice any dimiruiion in tho
| war feeling, judging IrcIn the papers, but
+, k..ox OF many brigadcs that opposed to
| the war. All the AeS Jersey papers that
! si,C nc xaiust it have been destroyed. I re-
! collect ti&Iee nog that have been uto Dbe. IN.
! n ewar'. hvtEtEg .Ioar*oi,' The Burlins ton
! Il,4ocrff,' the Trenton J0gri.dt' aad some
! Others, Int the names have .scaFed me. The
| general impression among the ueu is that
| they going 10 whip III the next fight, and
| ,i.at i VIII settle lii" war. ali b.ievr tney
| viii be III home by the chris Mas holidays
" he excuse offered by those men who are
ashamed ol tie whipping they got NJ
/ nassa tllat the troops @PTo al enlisted f. r
! three months, ano ae their time was ollt OF
hearty 50, they oid not care to fgnt
| '.Giciieti',n Is very generally liked by the
nlg.I. He is 50 kind TO everybody ana does
| not only bow and touch his hat. ont Will con
verse faniiitrly with his men He often rides
| about iAInOngs: them examining the tents ahd
| provisions, the morning thNt your men left
| Aiuusul4s hill we heard that Mcclellan had
| SIX Ut il Fairfax COURTHOUSE, anG there was
| great cheering 1T the news. have heard ii
| sid that McCieiian~ls not ready TO advance
| and viii not b. for two months, and that he
! " Ill resign ii the AGminlstra ton insists upon
! il. IIe wishes to dri1 has cavalry.
''Our men are well provided with all kinds
| CT q III I3Inrhts, ana OF The best quality. Our
| tents have floors. We are not allowed s ira w
| but have our heavy over-coats and the large
! army blankets. he nen EruInbie most II
| tue meat. We have nothing bat salt Junk
| tnat appears TO have MADE several voyages
around cape horn aud back. Occasionally
| get fresh btSt. Most OF the bTiStlues have
bakery. The companies are allowed three
| cooks each The messes are ydrlousiy divided,
| buG some regiments have com p;tny lnesses
! The living is not very good. We get bur lii.
! IT, liquor. ltany person Is caught selling il
! III Alexandria ne IS blnisned-th is II new
nodc OF punishment tAey have adopted. Ne
| groFs axe al once put 10 work rs cooks oil
| GERS servants or tean4sters They are gene
ally very hard upon them, anG arv less ulcz-
| eItUi / believe, than 1Leir Southern MAS
teGs. The private get thirteen dollars
month, and Gel i: in ao!d every two
Iuoi-tns. / 90 net know OF stl.S thing
ease that would be Interesting to YOU
! may say, however, that The fortitleatiun
! around Washington un1 on this slt.e very
| stronE. Heavy guns are mounted on them.
Some are miutd. assisted III digging atoui
oae hundred isst under Fort EilsVsor L.
IAtre IS Lo ~ 4 Whole brigade OF flre Zpuavcs.
The New York men ROW seem IAe !AUst rahid
-or Inc wi.r. Oar nAea axe getting LITTLE sick
of IT,"
j Some time age while the I2th Nissieaipni
regiment were Oh picket near Springfield,
| hey were fired ~ from Fort Ellsworth. At
! the sane time Il portion @: Col. Seib;tls riffs
| the 6th Alabama, boih in Gen Eyvells bri-
| Fad9, were attacked while GA & ioragiNg eXpe-
olt.on. Several shells Wee FREQ IL them,
but al fell short, CT burst in the air. II issiUg
| ti.rir mark by at least hc!f Il mile. THESE
, shots were fired by Mcclellan ii person, ana
did not reject great credit upon his ska IS
! az artillervnan. The accuracy with niicn
our officers use their pieces is t1uiy r.eInar.za-
! BILE; for, from TIE -ine my frir;d Colquit.
| sent lis r. IL balls whi2Zins through the Mon
1iceiip from his battery at seY9ells Point III
| every engts cement up to the present the enc
/ Eay have te5tned 70 the wonderful manner in
] Whilh Our guns have been handled. OF the
| above 1rlns Mr.. CLARK says:
| II was sLlnding On the rarapet OF The fort
! when Geo. q. MeC!cllan and his staff cam q
! by. He said TO me, Young man, do you see
| any men down 1iiere' I rerite,. rhat / did
not. H examined with his gl4sses and said
| he saw several. Yes says ne, there's q
= A.
! id II l cont give them a shot l rarnrned
| the piece, and Mcclellan aimed and fired.
I We ali saw the shells fell short or burst III
! the air. The piece was elevated, and the last
| shot fired al Mason's hill, but we could not
! see the effect OF it"
t Since I have b. en- writing the above another
| man has arrived from Washington. He SAYS
! Mcclellan has near Is coo cavalry. The Fed
! erals are expecting al advance from Us. They
| tio not understand the evacuation of the line
| OF hills by Falls Church.
& day or two ago party OF our picke;s
! WAS wounded by the enemy some scents
| crept upon them, and succeeded In Capturing
| TWO ana wounding two others. One CT them
| WAS shot through the arm, tde other through
the chest The men were from shepherds
TOWN., believe, and belonged 10 Stuart's Cav
! airy.
Yesterday, for the first time, the mail was
| carried TO Fairfax Station, and thence to Ma
| nassl, on the ears. The contract has been
awarded, and hereafter letters mailed here
| before oclock in the evening will leave for
| the station at the nsxt morning, and ar
! rive IN Richmond the same evening. This
| VIII be great convenience 10 the public.
| The breaking of bridge some WI here below
hIanassa has interrupted the mails and for
| two days wa have had none. The papers
! have been brought through by eouriers L
understand it wili be repaired 10 day.
| Three hundred and fifty copies of the Die
Pafea We're sold here yesterday morning In
bali an hour after they were offered To the
! public. When all wer- gone, fifteen, tween ty,
| aud twenty-five cents We're Offered for sin
/ gleropy.
J. A British nobiaman is now the guest OF
| General Brauregard. H is Sir James Fer
4 guson, OF Scotland, young man OF prepos-
! sessing appearance agreeable manners, Il
me,nber OF Parliament, has fine military
education, and, learn, distinguished him
self III the Crimean war. His object is TO
/ gain knowledge Of the American war in all
/! it's phases, by personal observation. Yester-
| day evening General Eeauregard, his staff
and Sir J. Ferguson, visited the Washing
ton Artillery. They mingled freely with the