The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-16
ARMY OF the POTOMAC.
4 View of the Ftderais-Escape Of Z Yam.
kee Pr.soner-1trriyai OF Californians-
EAorb:tant Charges fur Coniu9u Goods,
&c, TIC.
l-FscIAL c0RREsrosDasoE OF THs DIaeArcu.1

fAIRFAx, Oct. 18th, ls6l.
There is nothing in The shape Of war news
10 employ ny pen. Everything is very quiet
The Teder.:ls have not advanced beyond the
inc of hills ne evacuated q short time since
I'd which they ara now terrifying. as have
previously stated Fort Walton on Whites hill.
nas been extRpded to Tay lor's crcss-roads.-
The woods have been burned, ana from the
observatory in this place we have q good view
of the field works they are engagei upon
The s'stars and strip.s'' are still wa vng from
Upton s hin, aId one or TWO signal days have
recently b@er raised Within our sight. Run
ming along the horizon for several degrees, the
yellow line of earth constituting their bate
ries is plenty visible. Ny own observation
leads ne to believe the heSsiast portion Of Tie
Federal force this side the Potomac il being
concentrated on our lett, shove Fails Church
and Vienna. Ifan attack is made upon us,
have iiiIIe aou5t it VIII come from Shat direc-
ton.
4 wounded Yankee, who has been for some
DAYS under treatmen NJ ia the hospitai eecanad
ms NJ Orning and has not Yet been recapturtd.
lie Was allowed the liberty Of the yard rs his
health seemed 10 demand fresh air and sum
light. Taxing advantage oI the kInGness
SHOWN hilil, ne ESCAPED the yiyilanc. OF ti,.
guard ana struck for the wood,. III al prob
tbinty he wlli D. brought back tonight
TWO CalliOrnlans are now IN the Provost
Marshal : Office, brought in by our cavalry
iicllets. ! have conycTsed with one OF them,
Mr.. ]. Z. Welsh, of Auburn. California The
two ltfI San Francisco on The llth ot >eptein-
Der, and arrived in Nav YORK On the All Of
(his lnonth. They then proceeded TO Wash.
lagoon Win the M ton OF getting to Rich
mo.,d. III" following is = copy o. the forged
pass Which enabled them 10 crJss the river:
"HBADaUARTEGs, Oct. 18th. lsti.
Pass Mr.. Glass across bridge ana ferries 10
Gen. Kings brigade on important business.
by order CT Gen. King.
*. CHANDLER, A. A. Gen1.H
With this they lnanag cd To Pass the pic,.ts
and went to Btlls house. Then watching
an opportunity, The two struck into the
woods and came into our lines. They state
their intentions 70 join our army, although in
what capacity l do not know They will
probably be sent TO Richmond tomorrow
morning, unless identified by some man i'll
tao army. Both are GentieInanly, fine look
ing men, and complain bitterly OF the ir deten-
ton here Col. >. b. Paul, the Provost Mar-
shall has done All III his 20 yer 10 render their
condition as bearabie rs circumstances will
permit.
A new police reeulaiioa has b.en adopted
within Il day or Two at this post An the
avenues leading 10 and from The village are
carefully guarded, III order TO prev-nta crowd
of soldiers and citizens from filing up the
streets. Sentine's are seen every side
One can hardly walk thousand yards with
out meeting a gen darme, Who very politely
demands Ia. countersiSn or pass ii any
unfortunate Happens TO have neither all he
has TO GO Is to right about" and travel The
same road he came. The regulation applies
principally 10 soldiers, although 1t effects the
community at large. IL stops all anouyr,ous
and Illegal travelling, and is Il dc cided rrstriC-
ton upon The liberties OF deserters A GER
tain nun. Der from each regiment are allowed
20 enter The town upon special passes OF {.
short duration. This nuin Der executes uny
ISL. and 4
their com PAT ions desire.
Speaking of purchases reminds me- of - re-
cent visit 10 CentreYli!e, and the way saw
some soldiers sWindi.-d. While Yyaitjn, for
the ssal III 10 tack a loose shoe uuqa NV horse.
fancy ted rae into one of the bazaars that
adorn the lively toWn. Itwasadark, filthy.
looking room, and SO low that ono iuvoluil-
tariiy stopped TO keep frOm bruisiur his haafi
upon the biackened beams above An odor
hardly AZ agreeable rs Patchouly, caused bv
conlb iuation OF Old clothes, new boots GIN
ger cakes, and tobacco, perytde the atmos-
phere. a few soldiers We're leaning ever the
counter, behind which the honest shopseeper
kept an eye upon the main chance by care.
fully gauging his prices according 10 the
bulk OF Il customers pile" On the shelves
around were ranged the wares. Imagine one
Of those shops III The outskirts of ii city where
You buy a shoe string and half u nutmeg for
one cent, pawn broker 5 shop q Jewish "oil
clos store, and q cross-road grocery, All uni
ted In one, and you have some idea of the
place l am speaking or. Every imaginable
no account article was spread out in n TEMPT
ing manner. Buttons, pins, needles, tobacco
paper anu envelopes and beside them rus
set shoes, bright yellow shirts bright red
er3iTats, seal SKIN caps, and blue ban
dannas The prices were variable, bat
all Jour or five hundred per cent
above al immense profit. Boats, worth orai.
nariiy W 90, cost el0. Pa.sr, from forty 10
fifty cents per quire; euy' lopes, two cent.
each. Oyershirts Of some Worsted m tariaI
costing probably 81, were offered at The
81 ~ ltfS 4
oriliianey Of coiors Tobacco, Is cents pev
paper: and so on through a long list of
worthless goods that had the dust of half n
century upon them. With The soldier it j.
Hobain's choice, for they cannot nave leave
OF absence to purchase elsewhere, and are
forced to suffer or be outrageously swindle.i.
John Wilkes, once an excelIant Alderman OF
Lcndon city, made remark in regard to
ca pltal punishment, that :" the very worst
u.s. TO which you can put man is TO hang
n - bu. that was said before the day OF
these army ynltures, that have no more con-
science ihan the Neapoiitan beggars, who hold
out one hand TO receive your aims and rife
your poekeis with the other. There are save.
TT! store and suffer shops that are we'll pa
tronize. which should be- abated as nui.
si,nces, and am glad to hear that attention
Is being drawn TO them If there is any
crime that deserves being brought before the
tribunal OF Judge Lynch, !" IL is the crime
OF imposition upon soldiers. A few DAYS
since, man was arrested here for buying
money AT ten cents per pound aud selling il
in the camI for forty cenis. There are MANY
sach Cases that ought TO DO reported and. Ii
some one would take the trouble, the dis
uouesl spectators would meet their deserts.
AS write, one company Of the Washing.
ton ARTILLERY, under LIEUT.. Garrett, is ~.
turning from target practice. The appear.
aIee OF any Of this fne corps In our streeis al.
ways attracts universal attention. In the dis
lance the music OF the Let Virginia band can
b heard at the head Of the regiment, which
y on 10 way TO brigade drill. Their new