The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-07-17
Direct News from Richmond.

4 WASHINGTON, July g.
DR.. D, G. Oliver. formerly of Grant county
Wis, recently of Holly Springs, Miss, who
was impressed into the rebel service at the be-
ginning OF the war, and since the battle of
Bull Run has been acting as assistant surpeon
in the rebel army, reached here to-day. He
had persistently refused to take the oath of al
/ leglance to the rebel government, but was COM
PEELED TO do so on Thursday last. He was de-
| tailed in charge of twenty-five ambulances fill
ed with wounded to go TO Lynchburg. Being
! possessed OF the countersign, he determined to
take advantage of the existing confusion to get
away. He bribed negro in Richmond to swan
clothes with him, and after passing the picketS,
| by means of the countersgn, he tramped to
Fredericksburg and got into the line of the I'm
! ion army at that point.
He has had a good opportunity to observe
] the condition of affairs in rebeldom. He states
that the entire white male population of the
South, between the ages of fifteen and forty,
have been forced into the army. The conscrip-
ton there is reality. Numbers who are in
arms are now doing duty unwillingly, and would
gladly get away from the tyranny of the Davis
aristocracy. DIR. Oliver has been in Richmond
| for the last two months. The rebel force in
Virginia is estimated at fully 250,000. They
admit loss of $4,000 in the recent battles
They are subsisting on what is termed half ra-
tons, by which is meant only the substantials-
without any of the small stores. They have
an abundance of bacon, rice and corn, but no
salt nor coffee, nor other small stores that go
to make up soldiers rations. Since the oc-
cupation Of the Mississippi by the federal forces
cutting off communication with Texas, their
supplies ofbeefare brought from Florida, where
there is an abundance of wild cattle. The
stock of whiskey is pretty well exhaust
ed.
DR.. Oliver says the geartest depression he
observed was produced by the intelligence that
President Lincoln had called out 800 900 addi-
tional men, The opinion prevailed that if these
troops should be promptly furnished the rebel
game would be ended. They have exhausted
their resources for soldiers, and would be IN
able to contend against fresh army of that
size. Their only hope is that this call will not
be promptly responded to by volunteers, but
that there will be sufficient delay to afford an
opportunity for foreign Intervention before they
are forced to give up.
DR. Oliver says the rebel plan of fighting is
not with reserves, but by retreats in the field
and that in every battle, regiments are regu-
larly relieved by fresh men, after having fought
for little while. In this way it was hoped to
wear out and tire down the troops under Nc
Clellan. 1t is seldom that the same regiments
have been allowed to engage twice in the sage
battle.
The rebels have concentrated nearly all their
available troops at Richmond, except so much
Of Beauregard's army as stopped at Charleston,
and about 80, 900 of the same army left in Mis-
sssppi. The rebels are terribly afraid of the
gunbeats. They reckon one gunboat equal to
a whole division on land. They admit that the
recent movement of Gen. Mcclellan was a mas
ter stroke of policy, and that his present posi-
ton is infinitely stronger than the one he aban-
doned. 1t is his impression that no further at
tack will be made upon him where he is The
rebels are sending their wounded and prisoners
into the interior. There is no room for them
in Richmond, and medical stores are exceed
iugly scarce. DIR. Oliver was obliged to dress
wounds and amputatons with only cold water
and bandages. The reported death of Stone
wall Jackson is untrue. DR.. Oliver saw him
alive and wen aroRnd Richmond on Tues
day