The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-07
FURTHER FROM THE NORTH.

stating tl6t here il feeling throughout hls camp
that "some decisive operations are nsar at hand"
Great anxiety is felt aocus the new Merriuar, No.
9, which il expected from Richmond, acd the
fse. is kept in constant readaesa for her The
removal Of Gen. viele, miIiarysGovernor of Nor.
folk, Ia called for he ground that he IL too
en!en,. Gen. Pope Is carrying out his "orlers
The warrenton correspondent Of The Hsya,a, tele-
graphing on the ist, says:
Major General Pope and staii and escort ie, t,,,s
village at ten O'Clock yesterday morning for Wash.
ington, commonly known az little Washington =
the county seat of Rappahsnuock. distant twenty.
nine miles. The General was attired Ia the habit
Of citizen and passed through the main street IN
Systematically. He has been source Of Mingled
curiosity and dread 10 the disloyai residents II
his nfexibjlity has erraged them, his soldierly
bearing and positive patriotism have exacted their
respective admiration. The publication OF his or.
der banishirg into Dixie all males who refuse to
take the oath has wrought them TO perfect pitch
of frenzy.
DIR. Bispbaa. Of the village, waited upon Gen
Pope, yeserday, aud asked II he would enforce the
order. He painted at the came SINE, The agony OF
the women and children. and slated that the effec:
would % 70 place six nSag rss1aen.s In the rebel
safv!et. we can't take the oath of allegiance"
said the Doctor, land we won-glau woman, or
Child, but we will give parole TO attend TO our own
business. afford comma alton and quietly STAY
upon our properties"
Il shall enforce the order TO the loter" said Gen
Pope. II did not make II without delibera,ion
and il you don't take the oath you shall go out of
my lines
The villagers now intend to appoint a committee
Of ladies to wait upon the General with petition
Failing In this they had intended to select a com.
mittee to proceed to Washington city aad ntercede
with President Lincoln; but Gen. Pope issued q
stringent order that none OF hem shouid have leave
to go down in the trains, nor would he pass them
through our guards on the common roads He is a
man OF his word, and the soldiers think. with him
hat tha nf i
ped from the bills. What shall we think OF q com.
munity that pleads for Federal protection and yet
declares itself rebel TO the last and to man In.
deed, the order ought aiso to include the women.
all OF whom are blatant and uudsguised rraitor-
esses. They can be heard nightly, on every piazza
sneeriHg at cur failures and appiaudng rebel sue
cesses One would think that we were prisoners
here, rather than the garrison of the village
In despite of many adverse statements must
persist in the belief that General Stonewall Jack
son is now posted at Gordonsvie, with q command
OF fifteen thousand men. Our scouts agree in this,
and one OF them professes to have talked with the
renowned reDei IN person. Jackson is said to be
melancholy since so many of bis old and tried Val.
ley troops were summoned to Richmond to be slain
The General, said one of the intercepted letters
says 'ha ne viii not cross the river with his new
ieVies, out II the Federas come across the Rapdan
in force he will teach them Lesson that will never
be forgotten. We have. nevertheless, occupied
Orange Court-House with horse and foot, and are
many miles further toward Richmond by this route
than we have ever been before.
letter from Warrenton thus describes the fee.-
ing and behavior Of the oppressed people there:
have failed 10 meet the man who knows Union.
isl in tie place; the women invite our officers to
their dwellings, to lecture them upon the enormity
of loyalty. and the staid townsen collected at the
Warrenton, OF the Warren Green hote's talk of
the Government so faIri arIy that one is allpos
deceived into believing that they uiean the Govern
ment OF the United States. They look stolidly
upon the turning Of their churches into osptals
and bear without the remoiest amazement that
Gen. Pope means to make his headquarters in their
county seminary. We raised a hae pole in
the middle OF the town yesterday, and the Ninth
New \ ork Colonel Sties) saiuted il with three
ronsing cheers when the sacred bunting tioated 10
its top III blue and scarlet folds Not man or boy
flung Up his hat, not woman her handkerchief
indeed they now avoid that part Of the street and
refuse to pass under the shadow OF the flag
The cavalry here is q very efficient arm OF our
ser co Our horses and those of the rebels are Of
ten equally matched, and the chasing and counter.
chasing upon TIE roads and lanes is Of a very ex.
citing description The rebels that s5our these
neigbboThUoas mainly guerrilias and tuer war
fare is conducted In das, artly way
Frequently the rebel horsemen led us upon long
pursuits, by their superior horsemaNsh!p chafng
and einbitterilg u, now stopping to mock aud ROW
Scainperlng to escape u.s. The precipitous charac-
ter OF the country makes the work difficult for
steeds many OF whom die upon the way OF hunger
and fatigue.
The orders Of Gen. Pope. relative 10 the oa.hs Of
u
perty, is weil received. Those ofcers if there be
any such, who cannot restrain the depredatory spi.
riis IA their command unworthy The places they
mold Justice to 'he loyal citizans and the Gov
erntnent requires tina, no property shall De wan
topiy destroyed, as has frequently been done here
tofore without detection and punishment TO the
perpetrators. By placing the responsibility on
commanders II is believed these instances will &c
much iessened.
Another evil exists to a great extent ia The ARMY
OF Virginia. l allude TO the practice Of procuring
Through itiuersnt traders and city hucksters) every
denomination OF spurious paper and broken bank
notes, as we'll as fac smiie notes Of the "Confaie
racy,' and passing them indiserinin;.tely among
the unsuspecting inhabitants--psor well as rich
olo and young. male and female. Your CORE spon,
dent is cosnizsnt OF several instances where this
has been perpetFated ia return for kind nursing by
poor, aged women. Unless this system il checked
viii not the whole country be overrun by hordes
OF counteriaters and swiuders the close of the
wart
WATERLOO, August 2.-Inteliigence from Cul
peper says that scouting parties go daily, and
occasionally bring in rebel scouts No enemy in
force Las been discovered this side OF Gordousvie
His supposed strong entrenchmen.s are being con
structed at that place. Our troops are in such high
spirits aud confident of success tha. they say
they defeat whatever forces may there be col.
iected
Gen. Pope on bis way hiher was received with
enthusiastic cheers by our troops, whom he review
ed, highly compiimeBting them on their appearance
and drill. Deser.ions have been much checked
within the last few days by the stringent orders Of
Gen. Pope. Several deserters having been found
guilty have beel sentenced to ba branded and
drummed out OF the army. A. present erytiiing
il quiet In front of our advance.
Three members Of the Ninth New York reg,me Ut
have issned q newspaper called the Esao York Ninth
devoted TO the dissemination of Union principles IN
this benightea region.
THE ATTACK OF THE FEDERAL FLEEr--vAvAL
BATTLE IMMtNEAr-THE MKRRIMAC, No 2,
Opr.
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe, on the lst il,
stant, says the rebel Merrmac, No. Q" has
come down as far as Drurys Bluff /, adds
The arrival Of the mail boat this afternoon brings
some particulars of the attack made by the rebel
batteries on Gen. Mcclellan sposiion from opposite
Harrison's Landing. The astassI WAS made az mid
nigh. with, it is said four batteries of flying artil
iery some being above and sosae below the point
of attack. They threw Elk twelve pound she'll
some round and others conrai, but not one OF
them exploded. Their frs was Intended, no doubt
for our camps, but many Of The SHOT fell short
and thus did little mischief among the ship
ping which was laying at the landing and at an
chor in the river. Several vessels and steamers
were struck with fragments OF shell, bal none was
hurt In them.
Ii is reported nine of our soldiers were killed and
only three wounded. The attack being made at
such late hour Of the night. and army ex.
pecring rather an attack IN front, caused some
DELAY before our guns opened IRE, when our
siege guns were brought TO bear upon them, and
in less than forty minutes the rebels were silenc-
cd The firing was very brisk while 1t continued
Mauv Of the eremys shells were thrown over
among our camps but these did not explode. -
All those which exploded fell much short of the
camps, and this accounts for so few being in.
jured
demonstration was to draw the Federal gpnboats
down the river SO as to enable their boats incud.
ing the new Narfimac, TO get cut.