Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-07-16
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Important statement Q. Refugee.

WASHINGTON, July 6.
DR.. D. G. Oliver, formerly Of Grant uaty.
Wis, recently of Holly Springs, Miss, who
was impressed into the rebel service at the
breilning of the war, and since the hattie Of
Bull Rnn has heen acting as Assistant S:'r-
gpon in the rebel army reached here to-dav.
He had persiSfently refused TO take the oath
OF allegiance TO tn rebel Government. bu
was comrel'ei to do so on Tuesday last He
was detailed in Charge of twenty-five amIu-
lanceS hlled with wounded to 60 to Lynch
hurg Being possessed Of tee counter<lgn, he
determined To take alvgntace If the existing
confusion TO get away. He brihed a negro
in R chmond to swap clorh..S W; h him and
after passing the pickets by means Of the
cnmtersign, he tramped 10 Frederick brg
and got into the lines Of the Union army at
that point He has hal good opportunity
to observe the condition of affairs in rrbe d IN
He states thar the entire male population Of
the South. he ween the ages of ft.e..n and
fnrty. have Ie.,n forced into the amy. The
conscriution there Is r reality. Numbers
who are in arms are 4 ing duty nnwi'linglv
and wouId gladly get a way from the TYRANNY
Of rhe Davis artOc~acv.
Dr. Oliver has bprn in Re moud for the
last two months TIE r"be' force in Virginia
is estimated at u'lv two hundred and fifty
thousand They admit loss Of twenty-five
Thousand in the recent battles They are
snhSisting on what are termel halt rat'nns,
b1 which is meant only the suhsfantials. with
on any of the small stores. They have an
abundance nf bacon. rice and corn, but no
salt nor coff,e nor other small stores that e..
to make mp sol 'ierS ratious. Since the Oc-
cunation of the MissisSinni bv the Federal
fn~c,s, o. ii off comm tiOn with TEXAS.
their supplies of beef are brought from Florida,
where Is an abundancA Of wild rattle The
stock Of whisky is pretty well exhausted
observed, was prodncei bv the inteIli. e.
that President Lincoln hal called ou, three
hundred thousand a'd nal t. s.
The opinion prtvril. L. that if th'.>e troops
should be promptly furnished Il e rebel game
would he ended. They have rxhau ted Their
re>ourcps for soldiers, and would be unable. tn
contend against a fresh army of that sze.-
Their only hope is that this call will uoi BE-
promptly responded to BY volunteers I'us that
there viii o. sufficient DELAY to afford an or
poriuniry for foreign Intervention before thev
are forced TO give up. DR.. Oliver says the r,.h |
el plm of fighting is not with e erves, hu b.
re'reats in the field and that j.. everv battle |
re iments are regularly relieved bv fresh troops
after having f1,u mt for little while In :hj> |
way it was hoped TO wear out and tire down
the troops under Mcclellan It is seldom Thai
the same regiments have been allowed to en-
gage rwire the same hattie. The rebels have /
concentrated nearly all rher available troops /
at Richmond, except 50 mnch OF BeauTegarFs /
army as stopped ar Charleston, and about
Thousand Of the same srmv left il
Mississippi. The rebels are terribly afraid of /
the gunboats. They reckon one gunbost /
Equal to whole division on land, They adj /
NIT that the ?, cent movement Of Gen. Nc
Clellan was mastery stroke ni policy, and
hat his present position /: infinitely stronger
-lsn the one he abandoned I is his impress
'ion that no iuthHr attack will he nsie up /
3n him where lie is. The rebels are sending
heir wounded aud prisoners to tie interior.
There is no room for them in Richmond, and /
medical stores are exceedingly scare. DR..
Oliver was obliged 10 dress wounds and am
,utatlons with only cold wae' and handages.
The reported death Of Stonewal Jackson
5 untrue. DR.. Oliver saw him alive and we'll I
II Richmond on Tues night.
jeff Davis went to Raleigh to see his f,mi-
GIN. Gaz.