New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-26
FROM GEN. BURNsyDE's ARMY.
Tbe following appeared in portion Of edkon yes,er-
day morning:I
A Bays Ride-Entcresting Rebel Reveia-
tions-A New Theory for tie Me1i'
can XIV asiom-The Battlefield Of Zig
RctheI--rhe Flora OF Eastern virginia.
From Our Own Correspondent

can NAV 3siou-lhe hatie-F leio % A'As
RctheI-The Flora OF Eastern virginia.
From Our Own Correspondent oo soc,
NEwPoRr NRws, July 20. 1862
With large party Of officers, wac in the saddle
YESTERDAY eight hours, making circuit OF ID or ~
miles, visiting deserted aud Inhabited piah'a'ionf'
and taking the battle field Of Bethel in our way
home. Tbis has been iine agricultural country III
It's time The establishment Of the Noiiois hnd
New-York line OF steamers opened the district 10
the thrifty market gardeners Of Now-Jerfey and
Long Island and a large and highly profitable trade
in earl, vegetables had commenced when the war
broke ont All about here. and over the river abon
Norfolk. tie country had taken on all the appear
aLces of Thrift aud prosperity. Smiling farms, COM
Portable houses good fence, wel:iled telds, yield
ing large crOrs for little labor were to be seen on
every sice, and a new day iiad oawDed on Eastern
Virgiiia. tie olG lie that free labor could hot com
rere with slavery in the aecni uTul disrics Of the
South vas practically reiuied, for poor Northern
men had come ana grown rlch Oh lie fruits oil Their
own toll.
Aus what il 20 he seen nowl For miles and
miles, as we rod. along there was not house or
fence in sight Piles Of bricks, besls OF plaster
cherred tinibers aud rubbish scattered over the
eround were all that rama ned q. once happy homes
aud n.esiGes ground which children had cluster G
Among tie ruius, tall weeds OF r.Lk growth are
growing, and the walks and door-yards are overlun
with coarse grasses. The cribs and barns, once
bursting with gram the drying house', cnce
eramineG full tobacco the little whiie-washed negro
cabins; are al gone-not even SICK OF WOOD re-
NAMING TO mark tie srOt where they STOOD. NGere
the arDy has passed Along the miles OF 1eoces have
disppeaI ed ia tie fame aud smoke o! biyouae hies
and there the country lies ore vat, desolaled tract
~ far as the eve can reach. You AT the North, who
have contributed your mite toward the National
ext enses or sent out your young men 10 bgb the
battles, have idea Of the grim REALIZES oi War.
If Won want 10 know what they are, come 10 the
South when the struggle II over, and see what those
see who follow the army.
Here and there, by accident or design, house
may be seen still standing, and. more rarely siill'
one which Is iIt abed aud untouched. sweeping
conscIlpiion has taken all the young and III. die
aged men away, and their pcighbors have oeen
driven from their desolaed plantations. One would
think, would lie not, hat these solitary families,
seeing such misery, snch bitter fruits OF Rebellion
about them would retain 10 their loyalty, and pray
for peace Oh any teTlsl But II ia not b.. Ihey
sneak OF the Reb, cause as their Own, and prophecy
its success Ii they have tears and grief Tor their
dead thew DO no. show them 10 US, but chg 10 their
Sin with surprising consistency. Sui, 10 base sic
their natures, these Southern Rebel sympathlers
Will take food from us 10 save themselves from
starvation and the ue>t moment abuse Us Ia secret
for Hesslans and cut-tlroats.
In the course Of our rioe we visited large pianta-
ton which BIS escaped tie ravages Of war. Inc
proprietor although born al The Moth, his hVcd III
Virginia all his HE, and despite proiessed neu-
lrshiy shows strong lcanings toward the Southern
cause He is a man OF good education, and Ills views
were expressed with tuch caudor and clearnets, as
TO comm nd the attention OF our hole party Hav-
Ing Kept himself strictly az home and neddied with
the affairs OF neither side, he has been mOicsed by
neither; although il las sometimes happened thst
oitcert OF both armies have Iartaken OF hit hospi
tally in day at different hours.
Our conversation was long, and embraces many
POINTS Of interest the three or tour ooonels OF or
party taking part in it. Mr.. Jone- says that Nc
Clellan made a fatal mistake when he sat himself
down before Yorktown with his 100, 900 men 10 dig
trenches. lie should have pushed night on 70 Rich
lnopd which lay entirely AZ his mercy. There W, fe
not more 1! mn 900 Confederate roders Oh the Pc
ninsua then 9, 900 having been sent TO Norfolk
TO defend il against the anticipated attack of Burn
side But "a room 80 army halted aud began To
open trenches, AZ immense Rebel force Wac oonoen-
trated from all points At Richmond and on tie Pc
1iusula The Rebel leaders determined 10 make
then final stand al tier capital, and masteo uoir
men go TO sweep over Mctieiia hhc an
avalanche An edict Of universal conception
was made and the whole male population
Of the South be- wcen the ages OF 10 and 10 was
bron yht into the field. Those frou - To ~ were
organized for the defence OF the cities ard towns,
and to do duty anywhere within ten miles from
their suburbs. Tbus Ia very short tine large
force more or less effective, wss organized. hut
tbese men have not all musbe nOr even shOl-guns;
but pixies kniYee, swo-ds anything thai could be
used "a q weapon Of oiieIse or defense, have ueen
placed in tnel handf There are a TIM inoinent d!
least the beet Of these levies III and about Rcn-
moud and everything will De stHked upon Tue
chances OF its defense. II il should be found that
we are massing "A force large enough TO TAKE the
city, il will be quietly evacua'ec, us 1o'kown ana
Manassas were, and rev line 81 defense, AlIeDuy
chosen. will be occupied. The Rebel leaders Keep
themselves constantly advised OF our movement,
knowing the exact force Of each new regiment
which Joins Burnside or MCCLELLAN, and VIII carry
out Their plan when the proper time arrives.
Petersburg has been strongly tortured hLu If wen
aaIrinoued. For about twenty miles thln BANK 81
the James ia rs healthy as any portion oil virginia.
but above that The lowlGnd commences, sDd The
country Is very malarous. Opposite Ciiy FONT,
aud in the vicinity Of Harrsons Bar, It 10 a. un-
healthy as Havana, the banks OF the Garges, or
the coast Of Africa; aud our Army VIII suner1h'
eredibly ii it Les there.
sir Jones Gays tia, while professedly neutral. En-
gland and rance give secret aid aud comfort TO Tie
South. EnyiOus Of the power OF The United hteb'
they wait tor ito overthrow. They have sold eDoE-
i,,Is Quantities OF arms aud munitions VI war 10
tie South, and have large contracts yet untitled.
The invasion Of Mexico has for one OF ite obJecis
the supply Of warlke munitions ana The Necessities
and luxufies OF life 10 tie Rebel States winch are
TO be smugged across the Mississippi whichever Id
yoIabe Oppori oiier.
| When asked who OF all our Genefals was most
feared by the Rcbe g. lie Immediately relhcd iial-
leek. Mcclellan, they say, is too slow. although
an able military man, but Iiae;k is ut once
thorough stre,esbt, and quick in the execution oi
bis plane. ;..,,,;,.n,
Virginia pianter, whose interests are wholly, and
symrathies manly, with the Rebel cause. While 1t
cssrnot he denied that ii vein OF eXaggeration runs
through the whole, there are sOne truths herein
contained which 1t would be well for US to sppre-
cate. Notwithstanding numerous revere lessons, We
ara ain orty OF the gorgeous folly Of under.st
mating our foo, ana this war will never end until
we learn better.