The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-10
Rifhmonb Dispatfh.
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TUESDAY MORNING :. SEPT, u, iSsi
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
CAMP n,srew. GRFsSnainR Rivss,

ao'oint ,hirb scrrcsnou.ience owing to the
trucking position OF my NAIVE Seate ','"
her hostile attitu se 10 Sot. flsrn ~ - 80,
eesGer with the reign "a terror NM - h ,'
80 ,ltxh.d on her soil. Is 8orbiddea, ana
therefore the only mettsp'a 'hfVuS" MutNn
Cur friends heard oi u me niasAo UT,
t;u,rI.t cut Of beg that you viii give ti'ts
nnst.t. ,,.,,,nea seroiI plac" ia as enoccu-
ME-, cnrner az the kicaanond p.Tath the
Southern soldiers paper. ,-.,.,-
"a I. ..n hat one company Of kentuesians
,,n.cr the gallant little captain Samuel !,
Reid. Of y nchburg, VIRGINIA. in the ihird
Arkansas regiment, statofe" mere on 'nf
f'arkcrseorg road; hut f'"' that our 1tIte
hand - n ful1 GROWN regiment Nitntn tsfIf !;
aud arht.ag as vyo are Tor oar Oh mother
stare our ancestors, their ooE9tN ehn hfe-
sides IL w are Iaiyl ie@ 3" HonlV 81 those
rich western valleys W'"r" 08ohiihg
,,rays-}stt lave tfe sc al towering lUGRn-
tsf-e q. eold and Ianti"u@es@ uloa some OF
the .nanr hrautifuNs blo"-cofptT'n i"tHs
her,ata,afS We vim feel taat v" hav. otcd
10. our own native ho! tuCky--tnat IN &c
:.uain. :he homes ard Institutions 81 our
old nother State we dc4end our ""h -tha'
her c.iu>e Is our cause ana lhHI th' otoFst,
heretofore uos liz proud daughtcr should
share equally the trials, b"rurhs, ana OPP
IreSsions Of her generous, i'.tIio'1c mol
Yes. e. 5zles es' pt' i~''r'a ~, "t.4 nou,
lustice. ard slI tho t.t;e. is1lais"s OF human
patriot demand II.
command Of Erifaaier General II. l.. Iacs-
son. only - piii"s from Gen. Lee, ~ from
Monterey, : iftlt SEGllis sG5i ana Ai'tL'i nv
headquarters .! IN. ehfI : -, h'&i NOM
t1ia, Onr troops here ara 4 healthy, vigorous
~.tofrnsa as determined aT,d f1!io tho spirit
Of q goa hoIGit,venPsS ~ aoy "guat mum
her Of men on the face 90 .iotl'S green earth.
Iaryp robust fellows With pEsnnF"n faces,
they 90 not rnucn belle an appearance taeif
.cif-a de uted soori1uet$ % '' Eie"Fs, - cata-
mounts, b.. Til" most n"ted, however. IA
Tho ap9,cayauce Of savage f"roCltv, ~ our IN
,.apid Colonel 4 ttart Rust standing about
ak feet three, ana probably q !jr'c more than
equally propcrt,oned win voice, when
,rousett something liz. tho roaring az Il
lion and evidently enforcing each word
with rapid cestur, OF his heavy tIa'ie. lie -
eyniuenIIv worthy H. taust n" iilts. ar" WIN
Barton, Nannns, N3ttis",' @and '>..'n1n'N
aroun! him seems the noii"et l.o'"an 81 Them
all Yet ii he JsCe.eseS nior" ,r-7 than tho cool
and calculating Barton Lieut.. col it's 57iy
because q. his capacity ~ roHtalu II. Though
astet yqe have had no "resttlnr set-io. W"
hav. hrd oprort 7n!tie. Of testing Ehe metal -
tho Arkaukss 81, which toIS. 6. Johnston
SCOTT and others -: so l's~ uot., pr"EoHl'"d
"tru" blue. ahd lifted - any emergency, SO;
snr~.rhufa~n.
An eHfsditiun un,iert, keu ca ID" lsfh ultm".
;Yna as f1r s accom- ~ isits ry -, f-n men va
dor tho coinro3Hi IF oi. f,ust, atGnF other
IiIne imam 1bta--.vi3r- itnCo~~tfs1itc- ttle To-
peath the touch ri fuaR~-'S,dllf forever hold IN
r.Ir,,ln hTsurl. o. general lions yet uahnrH the
names uftr1vH rIe' who dary', u !o''o," lion,
hear, "a leader on prob ,'> IA" most p"riiol's
.ypt>iitiou since that Of th- h.arGl't- VI shh-
layton - Fo-t Buqr..ne col. Eu-t coin
pass in hand, in COMPANY with incompetent
guides and On advance EG-rti al NttS f0ttaa-'-s,
lcd ttlt He'v over rough ranges Of the All"rh2-
~. through GT,tHhi'i'r t-"N ,k"1t h3ttfH-
where probably n" i0p- uI tI'r He'"r tr"n DO
lore. underworld - com" IL s,e3itb'iy at dd,-
breIkuA the rAtr ~ Cheat e4""Httfu Bs q c4Gcu-
ii1,is rut,,s Il. | sIppo.g iJ"f- loi.rs Oa lie
righs oTthe 5iuri doy from camp, While >fuIn-
bling Ov'r los, Nc, III deep, broken valley,
our reported the enemy vniT lDret toGrtn>
Of inl,r ,usl- at. With bus one hidAh"t e.ch,
y al ~
feH II sleep baSi'i" Od logs. mud pCss covered
ro>ks, hc.,ilcss u torr'nh ut rs1a ilitt E;;fk
pouring from deus, fnbaHa.i'ut Of CLOUDS.
ti.a- for twenty tonr hours b.; S-'IHei poised
On laCUAttin toDs above ~. b'fUrr NJ :ln
t.r -Arsut cur X hoe CO !us.2'. motion
not a I9Iru}u- but an sfnGLs.rs,'S H.u- ptis rs
oGplns -: aa1 Il. a,'i.:~'',a! Jf"htns II
,i'~tSsnHeI ru.ts, ms ttr!'%|f;- 81 hiiI-slGt
stones. Has - ,DyJ 81. ,,l. ..TDv.35gt. ~ the
~ nm toh"s Of = Eu>EiD. Sur-"Il parallel
with oar lin, th-t Ia" ~. t5.ul panther, bu.
Ii few frc; ~; las lair, WouiG never have
known thl, his enemy, man, WIS ~ilhin a
hundred Tait"= 81 his heretofore Lndi5.uEhcd
home. b. holding 10 II" skirts of each Others
great coats, we would siugie-tl" out Of the
eetIning valley and shadow al DEATH 10 the
t,a 80 Ola gently ascending, .4ur"i-Clad hill, n
mediate!y upon which several hundred Internal
suirits OF the robbing hnrdf of the North u As
said to BE-, and strongly fortified! Til" com
r1and silently passed dove our lines,
.load:' and followed almost simultaneously ty
one equally IT. sur". the harh!ncer Of "A battle
"each company will depoelt blankets great
coats, aud al kTrpluS weight, IL q pie - it
elf AT this trying iIrft iu me souls nf
men / nad no opportunity al ncti.In. ..'v
tut the Blackburn ,ru1TnE Hnu our tapistr..
who. not much "o.Gs'r t"aH ic'nH ~
chalk, som" might EaN" expected - bind
leaning against tree wiz tunSuc oUt like
jat~d beast. Not 20; m tuotaat and cheerful
as scho5i-boys going into a game % hot hnll,'
did we snCd ourselves OF every Surplus weight.
fully expecting 20 finish q H3if-ca tn uleGl the
dav before in the camp Of th- Yankees, and
lokei each other about having Ia come
back after Our blankets, ETC. Such WAS our
determination, that an enemy Of twenty 10
one would not have bt,ii mere than equal. In
the midst of our enjoyment Of 'iIn ahead. :"
while We were all buoyant with hope an5 Vie
Tory. expecting the command forward and
listening for the roar of mas kerry " heard in
stead, from an old mountainecr, in whom we
had confidence, I've are lost To be lost under
other circufns rinces, saddens and beyYiGars
the unfortunate wanderer, hut lost rs were,
], 200 strong, when hope setlbed ia lis zenith If
brightest success, is enough to crush the iron
energies even of tile stoutrtt. We were not
long in learning 10 certainty tnat we were
LOST. that our calculations had failed rs, and
that hunger followed quickly the past excite
ment. Some companies were for taking the
buck trail. others for starving III their places
hut a Ina iority were still willing Ia pen. rate
further into the unknown mountain Wild3.-
About this time, al The critical moment, when
energy was giving way 10 despair. some hahi-
iations (the nrsI we'd s2en. fFcr" renorted
about Ii mile further Oh. We soon found theI,l--
where we bought bcrt and IEut."b. sOl.tn EeEe-
tables. SC. ami laaFnai aIsn tCat Igfs were
within four JGilcs Of EuttoasvI;i'3, fiie main
Yankee camp. We rcEalci ulreslse- as best
we conld. aad ith I,ew guide, f,c-,l TO-
wirGs camp direct line. IN due time
heheld orr t.hts from a I.curi -l!n PEAK, and
ere long were once more Al home. The next
day, companion and myself from company
II, and some Others from their respective cula-
papies again took the back trail, via. heavy
haversacks, 10 relieve and bring in our sick and
NO
wayside. We Were perfectly successful in run
ming the Yankee gauntlet, who We're bowling
upon our trail like pack Of bIoodhounds.
Yours, tBDEaLy.