The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-14
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TUESDAY AORNIN0. IAN. Il, Nh.
WAR MATTERS
INTELLIGENCE PROM rns NORTH
AND SOUTH.
FROM the latest Northern snd Southern
)ournals ws compile the following interest.
ing neWs items from the two bellieerent
0oveTnments:
hA1nR PROM GEE. yAcKsoH's connAup-our
owH AxD II. aNHnY's Movnnsxfs. &
From q correspondent Of the Lynchbure
Rpsslfcs~, under date Of Csmp of the Cross.
Roads. Berkeley county, Virginia, Forty.
second Regiment Virginia voluntsers Janu.
ary o." We make the following extracts:
We rest hero to day 20 a. 70 have our
norsee shod. The rotds are % slick that H. IL
very dangerous 70 ride and di6lcult 70 walk.
y 10 NO uncommon thing to SEQ horses fail
ma. every ten OF nfteen steps on every hill
1tn reported here on good authority that
1900 OF the enemy are advancing from Rom.
ney 70 Winchester. They have driven awav
the two regiments Of militia stationed at the
1r:n Man e,ns hock, and aren now advancing upon
Winchester. Our msn are al anxious TO
meet them. II II be true, they will be in a
nice position when one half Of our armv ad
1anoes to meet them, and the other half ad.
Vances toward Romnev to cut them nH
have heard Of one or two incident "A NJ mi.
expedition which consider worthy Of mo-
tlce. On the evening Of the 4th inst. Col.
kpsk, OF Arkansas, preceded mp the road TO
In command Of q brigade cons sting of 6ur
regiments and battery. When near the
bridge he saw the camp .firas Of the enemy.
ana advanced TO attack them. 1t seems that
sne enemy were aware Of his approach, and
bad taken position some distance to the rear.
30 a. to ambQscade his command,
Before the Colonel was aware Of the posi-
tion OF the enemy he vas fred into. Find
haliooed with all his voice AZ II 10 forces vat
In the rear " Bring up the 18Th and lS.h
Mississippi regiments, the 9th Texas brigade,
and hurry up that battery" This command
mediately the enemy brJke and ran like
sheep. Rusk, however, from the first attack.
lost four men killed and eighteen wounded.
LAr8R PROM ARIZONA AND HBw MEXICO
We condense the following from the Me.
silia 7Smes, OF December 12:
The latest accounts from the Pino Alto
gold mines are very encouraging. The few
remaining miners are making excellent
wages, and water is super abundant. Very
rich bill diggings have been struck, and the
old cham nels Of the gulches provo to be ex-
ceedingly rich. We hear Of 14S being taken
out of one run Of twenty buckets Of dirt.
Another run yielded 4l6. and another GA.
Capt. Skillman has taken the contract to
carry the mail from Aesilla to Ell Paso,
Texas, on horseback, once a week. and has
already commenced the service
Upon the rumor Of the Federal advance
from New Mexico. general stamrede was
begun from Mesilla. Referring to the flight.
the Times says:
leo !; valuables were secretly buried, and
good d-byes and partings, and tears, and God
knows what anguish, mixed with a little
propensity for fighting. A large supply of
the valleys were burned over to retard the
enemy; all tho supplies, except fifteen DAYS
rations, removed; hospital and other stores
shipped In the direction OF San Antonia and
a refuge fOndly talked Of in the mountain
fastn esses near Fort Davis.
Fron Western Artzona.-We are in receipt of
news from Tucson, by an immigrant train of
date October lst. The letters contain most
in every other respect. The remaining Ame-
rican population was cut of from all COM
municatfon with the world and in great fear
from all from an invasion of Abo-
htion troops; from the Apaches, who were
becoming bolder and bolder; from the civil
ized Indians, (the Papagos and Pimos, who
have assumed threatening attitude since
the Withdrawal Of the regular troops; and
bounded in their insolence. The letters re.
ceived contain most urgent appeals for assist.
ance Of Confederate troops.
From Neu Meric0.-FrOm New Mexico we
nave news OF force of five hundred men on
one Of the branches Of the Arkansas. They
were organized among the Southern men Of
Colorado Territory Their design is reported
to be to take Forts Garland and Wise, and
trains Nfn an nvov,1in An,, \ So.
The Federal advance is at Alamosa, IS miles
from Craig, rs from Mesilla, and consists of
two companies, one Of regulars and one Of
volunteers. They have thrown up two bat.
Four regiments of New Mexican volun.
teers are in the fleld-two of infantry and
two mounted An endeavor has been made
to raise two regiments Of militia for home
defence, and the officers are commissioned
therefor The regular force consists of %
companies. Of different corps, averaging q boz ut
90 men to the comraay. II was reported at
Fort Craig that 'he regular force lately sta.
toned in Utah 1900 men) had arrived at Fort
Union; and also a regiment Of Kansas artil.
lery, escorting train OF supplies
Ool. tMnby, ct the regular army. and Capt.
made Brigadier. Generals. Hon. M A. Otsro
was rendered a Coionelcy, but replied tn at
there was no office in the gift Of the Admin.
istratioh which be would accept. Lieut..
Lane. Of the R;1lss and Lieuts Plum m .r
and Ryan, Of the 7th Infantry, have been
d ropped from the army list DESERT are
occurring among the volunteers daily, in
spite Of the most rigid measures to prevent,
such as shaving heads and whipping. There
is manifestly much discomfort smopg all
ranks The soldiers had not been paid no
money in circulation, and freedom OF speech
virtually suspended. Southern men are
treated with the utmost rigor, and almost
daily arrests are made
''nAHY rRus WORD SPOKEN IN JEST"
In ono of his late letters, published in the
Milton IN C) Chronicle, that redou btable
genius, "Jeese Homes, the Fool Killer" has
the following paragraph:
Among the latest acts of my maulinss was
chap who almost wore his lungs ont crying
for immediate secession, and when sece sslon
came, and war With it. he held back, under
couldn't leave home! The truth is, he was
afraid. Another chap, of the same kidney.
caught noseing ab0 Mt for a fat cl1ce before
he could volunteer. / have slaugh tered lie.
going 70 play the devil with the Yarkees il
war followed secession; and some Of them
that ''pitehedotn" mnnaged to ''pitch our
as soon as they smell gunpowder.
They sneaket out by various ways-some
by one sailing" and some by another and
some by getting little civil appointment al
home But since was born never heard
of so many "ailings" that didn't seem to an
pair sAe puyeAc6i 1nn q DIT. Vne hardest
case, however, that / have had to cAastise
was cixmorous Secesh gent, who had bust.
ness South when the first tap Of the drum
fer volunteer company fell upon his ears.-
They say hs hid In barn as le AnW TIN man
approaching to solicit his Aame, but beina
found, his excuse was that he had business
In the South that wouldn't let him do 1t.
AMUuIFICEHf aIHf.
Tho Louisville Courier, Of the 7th instant
says:
We understand that James Hewitt, ESQ
whose liberality IL pr0verbial, on ChJistmaa
day presented every 4 n In Gel. Roger Han.