The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-23


eighteen months afterward he was Secretary Ia ,,a
Artillery Bcarsi during which he was engaged ln
testing heavy ordnance and compiling tsaties for
heavy artillery. Various empioyments succeeded
IN ~, OF when ne brought to bear Judgment gooi
entitic attainments, and Industry lie was for a
time on the Coast Survey then Oh topogrn.hical
dnty in the West; for year engaged In building a
military road from Big Sionx river 10 ST. Paul
Minn. From lsaa 10 1857 he was stationed
Al frankfort Arsenal near Philadelphia he va,
Atterward Chief Ordnance officer 10 uen S
Johnston 10 the Utah expedition and sepe;u,i
there t,li 1859. when he Was detached and sent so
Mount N"rnon Arsenal Alabama He WAY sfteyna,,t
stationed at Ieaesnwasih kansas nha - he yxas
when the wsr hTaks OH.
He was killed about o'clock Sunday eyeniae
and the following Of his ,eai is ,h,s aiven
in n letter TO tue N. Y. Hera,d
He, With his stan, was standing a little II ,,k Of
the wood ON Held, the rebel forces being dire city
IN fronf. body OF his troops were ,ils, before
him. ana al this point the ira of the rebels waq d
Iected. Mimic bali struck hin, aud went thro, yh
his body He fell, and, from the irst aypeared IT,
have knowledge that he could survive he
wound that he had received. He was Instantly car.
ried with the greatest 10 the rear, fo,Iowe. by
ndmber'of the officers and attended by the ,i.vi.
sion surgeon DR. Cutter Al The foo, of the hill he
was laid under tree and after fe~ moments The
surgeon sad he could not live, and he died With ,u
the least movement few minutes after. Grief ri
any time is hear,yendiug; but such grief a, Was
manifested by the staff officers and ho.4 aboni
him. ii has never before been MY iot to witness -
The old soldier, Just come from the scene os csr
mage with death staring him In the face ON every
side, here knelt and wept like child. No eve was
dry among thnse present. and uisny Il silent .fitf
.p,'ken resolution was made that moment, that
ReEos death should he amply avenged --..
Thus died Of the bravest Generals thai
WAS in the service OF his country; oi the bright
gems in the clown of Burnside. and a nam whom
oil respected and loved The c"nntry can i'll afford
to lose at this trying honr such men ss Kearaey Sis
veps and Reno.
APPREHENSIoas OF THE MERRIuAc No.
Tie New York fis."s calls OH The Navy Depart
men TO look GU. for Me.rmac No :, and thinks
the rebels are playing the same game about her
they did abou, No. /. 1t says:
We were told that she WAS topheaey; that she
hoSged and logged. and drew more water than here
wa, III all Hampton Roads and Just in ihe middle
OF the general chuckie she dash,s out ,.nd does
what all the word knows she did Now, we dau't
, say hat hscanse The same Kind o. ru,GOr9 are a;
sitoa' With reference 10 ,he iron-cad, she "a
hsrtiors on the point oi appearing bUi .io say
that all sueh reports are 10 be Giistrustei Whist
know is, that the rebels hsve hoen finishing 81
Richmond, with great secrecy and much enterprise
mailed war vessel OF some SORT which WAS r0,a
menced at Norfolk that they evidently put great
reliance upon her power, and that there il nlouen
| tary danger OF her appearance. The same men
that made the first Merrmac asreresa are perf.Stly
| capable of making the second One s success
The Washington telegrarns assure us .'it is ;sl
| right-anpe preparations have been made 10
ceive her" We hope So but The only kind Of
| preparations in which We have any confidence IL
the presence OF sufhcieat match of iron ciads III
| the James river Ia meet her. II Washington
be considered sufficiently "Ssts' permi, oil the
| withdrawal of the Monitor and Galera from rha
Potomac, the Navy department world 30 well %
| loss no time III seeing tbs, they promptly
/ where they will have ehsues OF enenuuierng the
| new monster. That she will take the trouble
| go and seek them out, we think donh.tnl. while
~ tnla
prise We have had experience enough Of what
can be done by such vessels, and knew thai the
destruction OF hSlf our wooden block aieTs is ct
sill oct Of the reach Of such crafts ability. TIE
| prize presented 10 her prOwess is a splendid one
! and II she should succeed i'll descending the coast
il destroying raid and open the ports OF Charles
| ton, Savannah, aud Mobile, at the tine that
the rebel army holds Maryland. beieaguers Wess,.
irg.on, end threatens the free States it would be
! an appeal for recognition which Europe wo"M find
hard 10 resist.
The Navy Department is forewarneJ: now is h
forearmed.
NEW NUMBERING OF THE L. :. AR3iY CORPS.
/ Under ordsr of tie War Department, oi thp
/ l2th inst ant, the numbers by which the several
| corps OF the army designated have been
changed. They now stand IS follows Cnfps.---
| Hooker. formerly Mcdowell. 1.-Sulnaar. j.
! Hentzelinan. 4.--Keyss. 5--Porter 6.-Frank.
lin. Dix (Fortress Monroe) a.-Woal (sTdale
Department. 9-Burnsde. Io.-Mi!ehei (De
| par,ment of the South) il.-Sigel IL -Ba.lks
| Sedgwick, while Gen. Banks commands in the cry
! of Washington.
f'A'cLfLLAN's GREAT vIcToRy-sow FORWARD
II TO RICHMOND
| / The New York Herald says "McCe.ian's iinpor
| Ian, victory OF Sunday over the great liberating
feb-l army of General i.ee, in Maryland marks :.
tirn of the tide of war which, if vigorously ,ol-
| iswed up, will bring this rebellion substantially 10
an end within the next eixty days" Il .dds
1t appears that General Lee in falling back igol..
! Frederick, had chosen most admirable defensive
| posifior on the crest aud IN Two passes ol
the South Mountain, a spur III the continuation OF
the great chain of the Blue Ridge northWari from
Harpers Ferry. This strong position Was stnrmed
and carried by our gallant soldiers after severe
engagement the results being The comp!sr 3is
lodgment of the enemy along the whole line and
his preepitste'retreat during The night. No field
fight during this war hes occurred with such
manding advantages oi position as this on the sio
of the defeated army. We think il apparent, TOO,
| that General Lee had concentrated the bulk of his
forces in near this position not simply arrest
tie advance Of General Mcclellan, but 10 surpris.
him with crushing re,IClse. After this dete;s! ol
the rebel General, therefore, vigorous pursni OF
his scattered and demoralized army is ali !ha: is
needed TO finish il.
The dispatches Of General Mcclellan show that
he fully realizes his opportunity, that hs is vsor
ously following up the enemy, and thai in All pro
babilify the rennsnts Of Lee Maryland liberaina
mac ia the Shenandoah valley. But whaS oi
that division of his army left by General Lee or
The Virginia side of the Potomac, scattered along
from Lsesburs to Centrevie and Manassas, We
conclude, from the various estimates reported
ranging from seventy five 10 one hundred and iii.
thousand men--ihat Gen. Lea's army column in
Maryie was al isayt one hundred thousand strong
| But his army which followed Gen. Pope to CentEe
| VILE was estimated at not less Than two hundred
Thousand men. Strike off 0ne-iourth, AMI there
still remains between Manassas and Leesbarz q
rebel column Of lif.y thousand men to be locke.
after.
Here, then, is an important bit of inviting work
for Gen. Haleck. We presume that his reserves
retained around w Washin2t0n amount to ~ leasI
5000 men This whole force he may now put Ia
the field after this rebel army column remaniI i,
around Leesburg and Manassas Let this be done
and let Gov. Curtin'S army OF sturdy militia, NOW
on The Pennsylvania border, ba called dow stand
guard around Washington for 10 days, and within
this limitation, while Gen. McGlean is pushing
after the main army OF Lee up the Shenandoah
Valley, this column of our reserves from Washing
ton, by way Of Gordonsvilie, may walk into Rich
mon6. II Gen. Haiieek's combinations embrace
some such movement let it he II pat no prac
tiee; for the county has now the right To demand
that no part OF Lees army, from either side OF the
Potomac, shall ever 60 back to Richmond
Refugees who arrived in Washington yesterday
from Richmond and Frede. cksbgrg state that there
are no rebel soldiers in the capita! except the Home
Guard and some conyalsscents; that there are very
y few troops al fredericksburg, none at all Aqui1
Creek and only thiee regiments on .ha James river
If this be trne, Is the available moment to cap
turs Richmond and crown the victories our armies
are winning in Maryland.
FROM TIE WEST.
We have the following con csrning The q nieser.i,
army fro.n t,,e Louisville Jsaraai OF the 18th il.
stant:
fhnt