The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-29

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FairfAx Uourt Honaa. va,
- march II. led3.
FOR 'e.s T IN ID. Nv. e .Gssss, ssr: yos ...eav.
! bat NOS wfshcStsa purpose. yoa were 10 b
| :ciPlinsA, a:msd, end ins:zuc,ea TAs for.
| mid ole aruIisyy yoa Aow have, haa 70 y
q m plisa Ger Ain results havs held you
faok that Jea might give the, death .hlsw e,
me rebellion That has distracted our aHce
sSR eSspRy .S~ Sa~s1ssy 1S1r TSs laaenes ye. have
| as worth = Hossn victo, les.
% %Ie.. T<aimina.X rsse,ts are nov acsom-
plAhed. 5eei mat the lab NJ Of nany mon tbs
have pEcdaesd their frats. 1ns army Of Ihe
Potomac y now . real army, mo eei1cen 1 n
pae~t6k a3misa able IN dissipltns And instrao.
| t,op. exceilsnuy tQaippsd and armed, your
eommaodsn IRE al that L conA vish. The
moment tor aosioa has arrived. and knov
tnAt oaa trast In you TO save our county a
nde through yosr ranks see In ) our faces
the sure presA.s Of vtcsory-I feel sAas ron
Will do whatever ASA OF you,
The period Of inaeuon he's pessed, viii
bring you now Lace 70 face With ths RsSsls,
and only pray that God may defsud the Iisht.
IN whAtsver direction you may move. how.
eyer bar Il mind that ny fste e iilksd Win
yours. and that all do is to bring you vhero
I snow you W.so TO bs-~n the decisive battle
4sad. 4s . oar hasiness 70 place you thsre
am 10 watch over you - a parent over his
onidren and you know that your 0snarsi
loves yoa uom .he depth of his heart. Il
snan n ee my care. a. II has ever been. 70 gain
know thastf II - necessary yOu viii villiar-
cause. 't =
God smiles apea u. victory attends u.; yss
70 b Obtained without manly struggle. I
Wiii not oiasuiee it from you that yoa have
brave foes 70 encounter foemsn well WORTHY
OF the steel y0u will uss 20 we'll
4 shan dem ana OF yec SEsas and heroic
exsrtion, raptd AID long mar ,hss, ossperase
oombsts snd prtvattons. Perhaps We win
share all these together; and when this sad
ard feel thsswe can ASK DO higher honor Than
the proud consci,uscess that we oeIoaesd to
the Army OF ,hs Potomac.
Major General Oommsn0ag.
fHS IA. TIE % xLxuoaH-A8S. vA1.poRx's o..
1IoaAL RDPo1{.
The Fort Smith Rxliests, Of the llth inst
contains the following emcial tslsgraphic
sspsrt nf the battle Of Elkhorn, sent to uen
A. s. Johnson and the Waz Department a.
Rich mcnds
H1ADe'Rs TaAHs MlssisuP)l Dysralsr,
March 9. ~, via Hes Eye, March 10
Fought Ne enemy. about tweaty thou
s:na , s:rong; % % ne "a "a. ana 9Th, At Elknorn.
until after dark. Loss heavy on both sides
Generals McOulloch and Mcintosh, and Dol
Herbert, were killed. Gems Prics and slack
were woUndsd. 0e7. Price n,eh w,und An
the arm Ihs oths- sevsrely If not mortailv.
Many of1csrs wore killed and wounded but
as there is some doubt In regard 10 sevefkl.
cannot yet report their namee. Slep. on ii.
battle. field first mig n, having driven the enc
my from their poS.ti0a. The death OF Gen
erals MoUuliOch, Mcintosh and Herbert early
In the action, threw the troops on the rirnI
| under tie eramand Ia ccnfusioa. The enemy
took a second and stronger position, and he
ing without provisions and the right wing
solnewha cisoEgania.d, determined 70 ri ys
battle on the S.h ON saetr fronts for the pur.
| Of q panic, which Gid with snocess, bat with
| some lCs<as. Am now ercamped with nv
/ whole army fourtsen miles west of Taystte.
I vile, having gone entirely around the enemy.
/ am separated from MY xain. bnt think IL 10
| safe on the Elm Spring road to the Boston
| mountains. The reason why ] determined
| TO give battle at onoe npou my arrival 70 as.
sumo eaMmsnd Of the army ~ni give In my
| EARL vAx. Dosy.
I Major General O0mmAndtng.
| IA1ss PG<,IovLAas.
From special dispatch to the N-nphis
Appeal, dated Fort Smith. March 10 h, W
copy the following:
Mr. Klale, Orderly Sarseant Of Cant. Gal.
loway's CONS ny, In McOulloch's brigade
| who was taken prfsOner ON the last dav q,
ne nsSs @ as nananSra: a,a made =: escsps. aions
| Springfield, Mo-. On the II instant, and AZ.
| rived here 70 day. From him I am sbls tc
give you the sdditonA par.ioaiaIs OF the
The ensnay's . loss, s,iisd and wounded. wa
2.e0v-rot less han Go sillsd
ans aSth Illinois regiment, Col Ola sier
Vas oaaiy cat ap. They lost $50 men, kiiled
when Mr. K,tt,s passed through ua..,,lle
there were wounded at that place.
They took go 0i oar men ?. .isouers, iUolud.
Ing commissioned o0'erss prtvAtes and ciu-
The following u q per tiou OF our omosra
taken plisonsrs: Colonel Mitcoell, of. .Arkan
sas; Colonel stoIe. Of 11issiasIpp.; Captain
Ct Dardansils. Arkansas; Captain Willtnms.
| Of AIkSnsae; LAeatenaat Mason, of Texas;
Lteatsnant Manual, Third Louistans Regi.
nent; OoloIsi Aeoert. ms1os Tannard. and
Hesers. Tnnnsrd and Lizlni have sincs beer
exchanged.
Tns fsder.is are aoastsess preparing te
A Lleutenant Uolanal was The hixhsst on
Ger killed on the Federal side
Two OmpAn1es Of Q Texas re1lmont WeY,
.snt under 4 n.E Of trace 70 bury our dsza.-
They were q. cd apon ey The enemy.
Oar total killed Was ~ We brought I'll
our woanded sway with ls when we tel
'7S>- tsslJ ssfsi 2 esssc a-t
| 1eDBaAL Loss At SoRY toS1Lsou.
The Nashville 7sals (fedsrAl) says;
The heaviest loss ~ any one Of the Hedsrs
fragments At Fort Uonelson. Was ne llth
Illinois. wpicn won't iato ths Asht NJ Az
hundred men and cotoefs, and csms out with
one hund1si and ssvsnty. Two compauie1
In this regiment, CON pany X, Capt. Garter
Of LaSAls-s went into action with slxty two
men and came out with mae; com psny y
Capt Ooates. OF Peru. went in with dfty .ens
men and came out With ten. Thts val aly,
an idesof the hard Aghtins and terrible los!
s1staiasd.
i KAs1vLLLk
/ Prom the New Onsaas Pisayunel
The Rsdsr As have mot alsoge lhsF cup.
prssosd dooAmQnieaIson from Nash vilis-a,
least We 49, that letter . lated As that easy sul
get through 4. New Oyirans. We have had
siGAJ OF one, dated on tbs Ssh, addrsasod by
lady In that city to por uen OF her fanily
here, Which eLsbis - 10 eorTect most hyo9a
by, and vi entire antnoltsy, the news.
paper reports ~ ths fscer.hs's o. shs
city. sWlistsn In the trse0om 0f Z CORES
| pondence sRufey domestic. is relates In.
cadsnts. cf which Ne have osta.nsd tAs lio
| erty 70 men tlon several, ~ axAib:tiug ahS
and the .osie aI Iris Of patriosisn Which IN.
mates her women. The wylisi AeYSsif u on,
CT shcss Tus. hearted Son theYn mo o.hsgs whs
nAvY given ,Astr owA time and caIeS 70 tn
comfort. Of u: = scala,s,; and inspires vAos4
she cOatradtc:s with iadiGnaSioa The Osn
| cin aau story toAt the city OF NusA wills ~
white with dsss ths day he guahents e
rived. 7heve Was nosa sinGie Whit oAG. ant
dent 10 Wsla woS III sspea. a.tns: go
1 ssWhala q 1nnv afpsu~ ~ R>AA~~s.