Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-08-20
Importaut from RIehmond.

A Washington dispatch to the Philadel-
phia Inquirer has these reports from Rich
mond which are important if true !" d
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.
We learn from Richmond, through Gen.
Lee, himself, that the whole efecti1e force Of
the Rebels lVhen the assault aVas made upon our
right sDinq at MeehanicsUille t0ds but $4,000.
From the first to the eight Of August they
received from the South and Southwest
thirty-eight thousand new troops, a0eU
clothed and armed. They now have about
one hundred and fifty thousand electives
but many Of them are fresh troops.
Lee considers them better than ours, be-
cause there is no compromise no surren-
der each one being impelled by an intense
hatred Of the whole North that never can
be conciliGted. Lee entertains no hope Of
reaching Pennsylvania, but does expect to
take Washington. The idea Of an invasion
Of the whole North is still kept up throu gh
the army. ALI their wrath is now vented
upon Pope; Mcclellan seems to no longer
occupy their attention. JEFF. Davis boasts
Cbat he will carry out his threat upon
Pope's officers, and seems buoyant and
confident Of success. He considers Rich
mond as safe for them as we do Washington.
It has never been evacuated since COM
motion there in APril a0hen II l0Gs entirely ul-
protected.
General Lee says they have plenty Of
arms and ammunition, that he has mil
lion pounds Of bacon in one warehouse in
Richmond, and laughs at the idea Of star
wing them out. He says five had followed
them last March, when they retreated from
Manassas, they would have had to surren-
der or di5band, as they were nearly out
of ammunition and had none of any ac-
count for the artillery now they have
no difficulty in running the blockade.
JEFF Davis says Lincoln dare not draft,
that he can get no more volunteers, and
that the opposition to the party in power
will preventa draft by force if necessary.
The New York papers and the Philadel-
phia Inquirer are received as regularly as
the day comes.
A returned prisoner recently went down
from Baltimore with $4,000 Of gold lace
upon his person.
No hopes have been entertained Of the
mediation or armed Intervention by Eng
land or France, since the arrival Of the
steamer on the sixth of August, and they
are denounced as freely now as the Yam
KEGS"
Lee is now the popular General, and con-
fdence in him and Davis is unbounded.-
Magruder was tried by a court martial
for being drunk at Malvern Hill, and ac-
quilted. He denied having touched liquor
that day; he says he has sworn to drink
no more till this war is over.
Beauregard is still an invalid at the
Springs, and his physician says he will
never recover sufficient to take command
Of an army. Whisky, excitement and ex-
posure have brought disease to his Yitals
that he can never shake off.
The line Of works around Richmond are
now all heavily mounted with 32-pOund
guns, and to carry it by assault would
cause loss Of thirty thousand to fifty thou
sand lives; the guns have been mounted
and the works completed and extended
since their retreat from Yorktown.
No fears are now entertained Of their
slaves being interfered with. They say
the time has gone by for that; that 10
proclamation, no act Of Congress would
strip them Of their services, or induce
hthem 10 fght against them for us. They
have on al occasions and in all places an
nounced to them that we intended to take
them and sell them to pay the expenses Of
the war, and that we intend to commit all
manner Of atrocities upon them. The re-
cent negro riots in the North are used
to show that the North are no friends oi
their s,snd that they have nothing to hope
J for except in the Fepulse Of the Yankees.