The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-02

FROM THE NORTH.
Tho latest Northern papers are TO HE 9Th s,lt
From thcn we make kef1rshcrcstracis OF interests
fIsOM iEFoEE nIctiNoED.

From tkciu sYe make farticrcxtracts OF interests:
fIsoM iEFoEE RICHMOND.
letter In the Hsl III, frar, Fair Oaks. Jts,sr a..
Ii interesting. Bone # the s'aie.neusaar asiisg
fraIn tho fact thu. they were written wie.i tlc
Yankees werc rather more "l,eroro Richmond tsaa
they are NOW. !. says:
have jus. secn y luInscr Of rebel prisoners ard
ean;ratandd who are their way 10 Fortress
Manyc The cor; rab..ifii were 80 s. ;sa and thick.
hl:iia,, that could hsrn nothing frpH ssEs zssI
>te rei,s bitterly eccesh that coIl. learn yry
little from them. 0i !lir appearance thrr. ss
prisoners, however, learned that had hsen
captured by pickes, soEie were OF the tst Viz
sinia Cavalry, aud sas. been hurt, dnxn as they
termed it, wlile otirs, honest quiet farmers Eas.
been torn from :her l,ocs be they SAIL t.i.t
they would not take te oath cf allegiance and were
probably supposed to be caniieCted with, or knew
Ennc.iinS OF, that little a!iar Down the read the
other evening l have sail that they bit.
tpr!y sceGs bitter is word for thts 1,liitreiS.
They app: IT TO s!eis;li. in beas.iag Of tsir con.
nCction with tie rebel afIy,e their ;ntebiion
never to take TIC cath OF allegiance. AMI heir ;arcd
aal contempt of ti.e Northern ar'ay ar. PEOPLE.
One man said. "Ricasuas.d is not yours yet, rcr
will it ever be.o aals.s, one ,y,lo appeared u be
more intelligent than :l5 rest. ii ls, did 1.ot think
should be ia Richmond before .9ag Il s.,d
"Ycs think you wiii ii the sa'ia rs afn i.cse."
.ais5 pfaonert. tiry did say that .hsy 'li
not expect t; kiid tTe:itl.lcnt from that they
received; yat they ao: as il ti.ey tspiscd 5 tie
more for It.
1t viii b. rccol,ec by your readers that shortly
after General Mel !sii i,..t ,id iis :scsiS one Il
visit to cur troops in t.is direction ltt,nth,;.y
afternoon last, wlisn lie tsieafcd with stse..
bursts Of applause. the rebels attempted aud sue
cecded in driving bssr with an Immensely sue-
iieT force onr pcscts to Their reserve The re5 s
ged in this affair consisted of whole .figsse,
wi.aour picket aud itscryo fi,l not ouinuinier 2.
Whole rc9.eGt. Nv hat bsie nlas.vs for tis all ck
WIS capnot be digined, uniess il - learn the
.csuss d fEs insiisnsc plce IN our camp Seq
| probably imagined that reinforccmcnts were ar
irving for Mcclellan, aud the reconnaissance iii force
was Tor the purpose OF :sccrtanng the extent 2ii
| nature OF tie reinfGrceicuts At al evcEts the
| effort, whatever m3y have been intended, was a
perfect and entire failure the shells from cur bat
icries driving them like ch;if through the woods
AID sg"aHips, aud enabn. our picxetS TO obtain an
advanced position.
On Friday, Orderly Sergeant II. n. I!anahan,
company l, I'd South Carolina volunteers Colonel
Kenucday, OF kersia,y brigade, was found in the
| woods wounI-d in the legs, whcrc lie ilsd been
since Wednesday night. He suffered a;nputGtion
al the hands OF the Surgeon of the Is. California
| lie was found III al emaciated condition by Capt
| w. T. Toiaimson, company L, lst Ca!ifUfnhi The
prisoner expressed great desire to i.Ve one tact
noticed in the Hgraid 70 dsahus3 tne minds OF the
Southern soi,iiery, who believe from repTeBeati
cns Of their leaders that .heiSwo.HFle1 do no; re-
ceive merc:u and claritabis attention at cur
hands. H. desires, through your correspondent 70
express his thanks for the noble and generous treat
mnIit extended towards him since he li'ts been q
| wounded prisoner in our hania. lie believes tsat
h loss oi the rebels III the skiraIish al "Wednesday
vas severe, a. the shells from Cur battery eA-
p,o,!vd right amon3t them III tieir retreat through
! Tie woods.
Onr picket lines, during the whole OF last nig.,
resouneie will he crack of Inuskctry mostly tfoIn
tie rebels, who from motives OF spite, seem deter
mined to prevent our forces N camp from enjoy
ing i:lcir nightly sietp. Those constantly fecuf-
ring alarms in camp are new however. 'akth
ekccrfully by the men; and the lire OF Battle 10
uniformly formed after few shots have been ez-
changed between ti.e Pickets.
While the position au,i strength Of our forces are
\. ursnt such as dissipac al fear Ter sal
IRON, any attack which The rebels may aaile upon
us a renfor c. I1eu; Of i:iy thousand fresh troops
would insure the nruel:tc reduction 0f Richmond,
with much less los. t. sale th III 1t cou D. 'ic
ct,3rp,hcd otherwise. II Is i'ie 20 dny the fact
I, the rebels oEtHuni.I.r Us, though III efirctve-
ness our army is superior to theirs III tle field
aa Cla; To see that some Of uur rcginieEta Aiyo
been PROV lied, as measure ol protection roia The
rry,,u, hat. with neat an. light straw lat. with
b, u;.iic ST the REGIMENT neatly printed OH lis black
a,un., | noticed the Sixteenth New York i'll rotl-
mental line this morning. and they presented really
{, neat ind tidy appcarasec with tiicir new chap
caIS.
n ,nvthine c;,, be said TO be hopeful about the
,.hcls the fact that yesterday they allowed til"
blessed Sabbath to paa-o or, az least the devotional
n,orriug hours of The e;ime-wiout Il resort to the
messengers ut DEATH Nouio liulciite 1! ciiat i'i te
better o. their part.
rho health O, our troops has siil;lt,y inprovcd
since my las: communication.
letter from tic same paper, f.on Savage Sta
lion on the 2W, announces the arrival ol srveral
| itse.tor, sro.a tie Confederate Army. aa. ys
Ti,osa raor, vers, III ree1lariy enlisted niv,nG
their choice between cnlisng IL the rebel army al
| New Ofleans, where they happened. TO b. a the
time the State secrtlcd from the rational Union,
going work as prisoners on some of the ioiti,ica
lions then in OF erection OF the two alter
natives they tlIoUg.t to choose the lrsaer, and
cor,iingIy eniistd1 in the regiments then forming.
viii Il vicyro make their escape North u. .iie first
appori nity Shortly after the blockade es,ah
| shci OF New Orleans the regiments were ordered
| TO Virginia, and after spending u pnrticn OF list
winter in North Virginia, undcr The commend
| of Ecaurusari, they were ordered to Nor
| folk, at which place they were garrisons, Il
| until tiie evacuation, when they were again
"r.erc.i " to Eieh,nond WfiIe tic evacuation was
| going on seven OF the company of the Third Lou
si:.n bat, ,lion managed to make tlei escape and
il was thought by the c.scors that the whole conf
pa,y was about to desert and strict w;3tch yy;s
! kept upon them They allowed, until
lately to so on picket although their services
| frequently needed AT length the officers seemed
10 regain confidence. and after the rad OF Jackson
uson the column uader General E;.uksI t.ey were
placed on picket at the MecGniesviiic r}c. Earl
| on Saturday morning. during Il des.ss fog they nil
| aged make ti.eir way the Union side OF the
Click ahnIuiny undiscovered by eiif' party. Here
they lay in ls swamp until daylight, when. after
| throwing ther arms away they proceeded 10 Civ.
| themselves up TO soinc OF our vidette> and were
marched, with lighter hearts than they hal had ioi
many day, Ia,o the camp OF some OF their old
! friends.
| During :,lo frs. few months they were in she
service their ratioiis good and plenty la
| since the capture Of Roanoke Isliai the suppes
of coffee aud sugar gradually. b"e,,iis less tnti
within TIE past three months, when they ceased IL
receive their usi,al s.aii quantity OF coffee, ant
/ forced to do without ;:;ytbiIg save
s;oiai ration Of .;.ra: rye WHICH ,cei il; lie;
| of Il bore substantial beverase. fea was al arfi
Gle net known in ti.e army aud villa. i:tlc eonls
DC procured used for hospital purposes. Ths
sugar which was oi The poorest quality, grs.u;y
,fis,pe area from tc camp and the pviva.s were
ola,ciled 10 take their rye coffee without any
| sweetrnine whatever This in itsef taa
enough but lie worst was yet 10 come. Commits
| gary stores OF ah Kinds occaaie suddenly very
scarce and for The past few weeks the troops have
been Oh L..lf rations, viz: nine ounces 1f Hour
| neal and a pound of bread per day Iie scarcity
| of food has become such "a Uugbear that many o
the troops are nearly in o2ea rebellion against
| their officers.
The retreat Of Jackson Ia the Valley Of the s;hen
| ant,oah is io"ked upon with eonsi!erahie anxiety
hy the people, who fear tor his saiety. EunseroG
reiaiorccainri5 have been sent TO lin, ccflsssiilg
| a Who'll. division Huder the command Of Genera
Gusiavus w. Smith two batteries CT artillery a,st
regiment OF cavalry. Il Is thought that Jackson
| will make the besi of Lis way back TO Richmond
| where tho grand Iiltse OF the lsoelcn Will taxi
! place.
The fofce of the f.beIs in ard about Richmond a
the present n,e is estimated ST a,9a. Ole lumiret
and TWEEN: five thousand sssse Of '"iion are viii:
| ont arms Other than those eruaht f.o., kcae.--
Rr:aforecenis from the West looked for staily
/ Taey have numerous wesss i,ros,n tsP around tas
/ city and eonsi icrsose heavy ordnance,
A letter ii the ?rtl.as from the Wits House says
| The awful weather, the Ike Of which has no
| bcrn experienced here fer ~ years-as asa il,
i,ried by Mr.. Johnson. who il IA old resident
! ard which has retarded te movements ~ Gen Ne
| C'ie,lan. has now taken favorable 'usn and W,
have been biss-,l, during ii.e pas. weea. with
| succession of fne days soasi te wished ias
| with every appearances ii . Continuance.
Prisoners are being brought il. every day by a,t
| cavalry pelsota Six ,vere brought IN last evening