The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-11-14

OF TIE NcHMoED pIsrArca.
Army - SourHwIsfERN vRsyHIA, !
NOYembAr 7th 1874 {

Army % SoUrHW1sfERS vRoyEIA,
November 7th, 1864 {
word nom THIS department Of military opera.
tfcns msy not be unacceptable to your readers.
We have returned In safety trom our second Ia.
vasion Of the Kanawha Valley. Upon the whole,
do not regard It q having been very prof table
experiment True, we drove the Heesians to the
Oaio, ana across II, killing some, wuunding some,
taxing some prhoners, capturing considerable
ssores, sud Gaming the destruction Of much moro
thGn ~ eaPtured; bat We also lost men BY battle,
dhesss, and deserticn; obtained but few recruits.
negroes from tie Valley; isis tSs people In Wor.s
sphtt than we found them. and nix Yankees for one
We drove out. considerable quantity of salt was
secured, but nothing IKE . supply; and much Of
hsarlsss wrssehes that followed IN the wake Of the
army, at the expense Of the families Of the Door
fellows who, with musket In hand, cleared the way
A. 70 that Intangible article known as military
glory. when redeet that two pieces of regiments
successfuliy escaped our Overwhelming force, not.
withstanding we had gained their rear on the only
road leading from Fayetteville, am forced to the
oonolaAon that the crsp has been nght-r0arkatly
Light.
We ars now at cur old camp, where We may 10.
main until spring, or We may not The country b.
tween this and the Valley either by this road or
tns James Nvs. and Kanawhs Turnpike. Is sinoly
desolation and wilderness, where neither man
nor horse however industrious nay ob.sin one
mouthful Of food The roads are very much cut
up, aud few days of rain will render them impass
4 vast deal Of suffering In the counties of Pav.
et.e, Nicholas, Logan, Raleigh, Mercer Greenbrisr
Giles Monroe, and Allegheny ia inevitable In
the hrst hvs couaiies named there are many fani-
lies already beginning to fssl tho pangs Of s:arvs.
ton, and this will be the case with the Last four bv
Christmas Neither corn nor wheat can now be
obtained unless at euormous rates. 1t is rot the
country to be sold and the little there II or hsn,i
VIII soon be consumed by Gen Jenkins's large cav.
airy command. Like tLe Egyptian locusts, large
ca'auy Iorcs ieIVes ne green or living thing be-
hind
Heretofore, in ihis department of tho army. in.
tantry did not appear to be regarded by the powers
that were as 30 essential AN arm of the service as
cavalry 10 tbs cavalry 1t seemed to be seid .'Thou
snalt incresaeI Gut to tia infantry. ''Thou mus.
be decreased -" opine such will not be the policy
hereafter. The importance of filing up the infan.
Gen. kchols
Dssertions and absenting without leave" have
become serious evils In this army, a. well as those
OF the Rast and West. Provost karshals. Sherifs
ard other o8csEs. must be shamsfully nselsctsu,
OF their dulles else runaway soldiers would rot be
allowed to remain away from their companies OF
regiments for wesks. and even months, without in
terrupuon. think an occasional peep Into the
manner In which Provost Asrshals discharge their
duties by those having control would be caleula.
ted to stimulate them somewhat and make them
more ed1ciant. Such Offices should not be allowed
to become naesures. Properly conducted they
would be Of great public utility; otherwise, they
are nuianssA
k1t0!9s0nNe o. every eraoe thrive and flourish
through al This region. The accursed desirs OF
gain literally eating up hundrsda Their greedy
syss dsvor everything around them Their hearts
are harder than Tie neither nillssous. fhey have
nsisher patriotism, hunanity, nor common dsoen.
~. they Are 1sissre. rojb~s mssler9s. brHtss -
cost nf "tAr and feathers, and banishment from
the OonSslsrscy, shoud be the quick doom Of every
seonndrel who Is seeking to make . solitary dollsz
out Of thh war over and above bare living profit.
How are poor soldiers to sapeort thsir families
upou I'll per month. with -four at e4S per barrel,
pork - per hundred. and shoes from els to $40
per pair II cannot be DONE MORE ANON