Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-07-10
FROM RICHMOND.
2 2sbel View Of the late b Itties-fmpsrtan n,
statement Of a hefHgses

Dr. D. g. Oliver, formerly Of Grant countv
WbcOaSis, recently OF Holly Springs, Miss who
was pressed into the rebel service at The begin
nin1 OF the wer, and since the battle Of Rull nm
has oeen acting as assistant surgeon Ia the reseI
army, reached Washington On Sunday Es ssd
rerS s,snty refused 10 take the oeth OF s,eU,ance
20 the rebel Government, bat was c0moelled to do
20 n Tuesday last He was detailed in CHARGE
OF twenty i've smbulsnces filed with wound,d To
20 20 LyHChburg Being possessed of the conn.
trsIgH, n 6ete mined to take ad vantage Of the
sE.s,inz confusion to get away. He bribed ne
Ir0 Ia Richmond to swap clothes with him and
after passiag the pickets by cans of the courtsr
sign, Be trtmped to Frtdeficksb bury and vrt In,o
IN i""S f the Union army al hat point he
has had 90 ID opportunity to observe the cordi-
no. Il II .Irs In Rebeldom. He states .ost ths
entire white male population Of tpe snnth he.
tween the ages Of hiteen and eor,v have hes,
fo'ced la'o the army. TRs eoascripiion there is
Numbers who are In A. a. arc toe,, Att,
willingly, aud would yladIv 1e, eyss1 S,osy IN ,h.
Wfahay 81 tne Div autOcrecy DR. Oliver h,s
D 6esn "a hIcG mo ID foe the last two mouths The
hIcJtaJ ViE2inie Is estima ed ct fully two
hi.a'eu ID afty thousand. They admit less
- ~ nve thousand In the recent battles
are suess sting on what ~ termed half ra
" Ins, by which Is meant only the substsnttaIs
without any of the small stores They have an
aoundance of oScon, rice and corn, but no salt
nr coffee, nor other small stores thst eo 10 ms
- a soldiers rations. Since the occupatton O,
the Mississippi bv the Federal forces emitting on
-onmunication With Texas, their supplies of
DEF are brought from Florida where there 4, an
abundance Of wild cs,tls. The stock Of whisky
a pT -ity well exhausted.
Ur Oliver slys hat the greatest deprersIon he
we'd was produced by the intelligence that
d@Jt Lincoln hsd cal ed ont 900 Geo ad III
= 4 '-"Tps. The opinion prevailed that iftbs,a
t-s9p> snOuld be promptly furnished tn. rsl,rS
EeIIS would he eDd,d they have eYbsr s,e5
their n s9Ufces for soldiers and would be ms ~
70 co7tcnf 'gsinSt fresh army of thai sjzs
'fhcir only hope Is that this II V,ii moi h,
promptly T-Sponfed to ~ volunteers. h,t ,bs,
tlere " II % II lent delay to afford an onn1--
unity Tor fGFriSa i6.cfvsntton before thsv a..
forced t. give up. CT Oliver saws the rebeI MA 81,
81 sttln2 ~ ho' With reserves ut by rstreA a I,
tne h-id, and that in every blItle regiments are
r~2u ailv relieved bv f.eBh troops, AFTER having
t"usb. for lit,le while In this way n yrs,
SS.. d 20 wear oct and Tire down the troops uu6er
Mcclellan.
Il IS seldom that the same reginsot, have haen
slllw-d 10 engage twif Q IN the same bsttIs Ths
rebels have 'EcSItFated nearly all theira ailshI
troops a. RiChdl" I'd, except so much cs 6esurs
gard 5 army as stopped at Cha5;esson a sbos,
IS tn OF tie same army left ~ Mississippi Tn,
TSOes are tsTTioiY afraid oi the gunboats They
reckon one guBboat equal to a whole division on
iand TheV admit that tie recent slceament OF
Gel. Mcclellan was mesterly s;soke of policy.
arc aat bis pre- ent sItioR - aitely strongeI
than the one he aoando Isd Il iInpressIon
that no further attack will be made upon him
Tnere be 10. The r.be. are sending tb.I,
wounded snd prisoners to the interior Their, \,
no room for them in r 'chmond. and medical
SO es are exceedingly scarce DR.. Oliver wa.
OILY cold w ter and bandages
The re2eSted death CT Stonewall Jackson 4, nm.
-fGe Dr oiiver saw him alive and well In r ich
nond on ruesday night