The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-05

s!scd saplins he suddenly rscollectod that he had
business In another direction. To-day we have
isrgc forcc out making hay.
of the recent orders by Gen. Pops have cheered mp
the dropping heart Of many weary and foot sore
patriot, who has been tranping around the country
for months and, when worn out, been compelled to
mount guard over rebel commlassry stores, while
Jaeksons crew were refreshing themselves with
sleep. ready to spring upon them at some unex.
pected moment.
Among the iuxuries for the sick and faint now
taken from rebei garners and fields. are -four, ice,
potatoes, sheep. poultry &C., Along Hedgeman's
creek, CArters run, and other streams Ice houses
were found well filed
The country Il flooded with bogus Seccsh money;
II Is Impossible IN many cases. to tell the good from
the bad We went into small store at "Or!eArs'
one day, where they were selling ZIP calico" at IS
cens per yard. and the whole contents Of the store
you could carry in bushsl basket, and found the
proprietor was taking all the paper offered. On
looking over his pile we found four different
Kinds OF Richmond ones. and two of ives. Many
were the most worthless limitations. lie was very
indignant at "Banks's men," whom he alleges
passed II upon him.
Among the oontrabands who have found their
wHy into our camps is one Med" now with Gen.
General while hc was in the tobacco warehouse at
Richmond He seemed highly elated to find the
General escaped. and in position where he can 60
soon again to Richmond.
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miles square, known as the Marshall Place. II be.
longs to the widow Marshall who has three sons in
the rebel army and one a. home. There are over
aUO0 bushels of wheat in the garners and fifty cat
tie, Uesides hundreds OF acres of hay and
OATS
The son AT home says he was a Union man while
there was any Union men, but now there was none.
He admits that Virginia is ruined, and that she
not recover from the losses she has sustained in 5
years. He says that slavery In Virginia is prRcti.
cally abolished that the few they hold will
never be Of any value, matter if the war were
ended to-day
lie is a religious rebel BE- ewes in foreordination,
and says, sit seems to be tho will of God that sla
very shall be wiped out - but for all, his hatred of
the Yankees is bitter in the extreme he thinks
that Virginia, or the South, will never submit to
the North, and he will leave all-home, property,
and all--beforo taking the oath.
We have occasional arrivals from Richmond
The rebels, 1t appears. are moving large force
across the James river to operate against Suffolk
and Norfolk. and prevent Mcclellan from crossing
the James river.
FROM N'CLELLANs ARMY.
Letters from McClslan's army are to the Goth
They do not give much news. One says:
The Daniel Webster, with one hundred and
eighty two sick and wounded from Richmond, for
Philadelphia, anchored Off the Fortress this mora
ing She left City Point yesterday forenoon and
stopped at Harrison's Landing, where General
Mcclellan visited her and spent couple of hours.
He went around among the wounded, pausins at
the side Of each one and hayin1 q kind and cheer.
ing word for all. Dressed plainly with blue
blouse, void Of strap and star, many Of the poor
fellows wereat first unaware of his presence Step
ping beside the stretcher of enc who had lost his
leg above the knee, the General asked him how he
fei in a gentle tone that aroused and touched the
heart OF the feeble sufferer He replied that he did
not feel well ut ell, aud ex ressed dependency In
the course of bis conversation. The Assistant Sur
geon then remarked, Don't you know who this
isy" mo" why, it is your Gcneral-General
Mcclellan"
Another one said, General, belong to you
No" replied Mcclellan, 1--WE all belong to one an
other; we belong to the army Of the Potomac, and
to our country Those standing by say the tears
ran down the cheeks Of the brave boy as the Gen
eral held his hand and the eyes of young com
nlander were dimmed, and his utterance checked, |
rs he gazed through his tears upon the devoted and
MANNED form OF the youth, who felt pride in 'be-
longing TO him--"to you, General The visit
eheered the men wonderfully.
Did you ever See General like ours l' said @
boy from Brooklyn, with seven wounds in his body.
"He gees about and speaks to p,vatcs, asks how
we got along, whether we we'll attended to,
what We want and all about US. Now, don't be.
lieve any other General ever did that r. and nc
looked at with IAN air of triumph as if there was
no gainsaying it.
The rebels are sanguine that their new Merri-
mac will do us an immense amount Of damage aud
reinsate the prestige lost when old Tatnall blew
up the Elizabeth river busbear. They claim that
the iron clad is Of greater power, Will be more
easily handled, and of much more availability than
the old vessel, whose wreck lies above Craney
Island They also boast Of two other iron crafts
being nearly ready io,pounce upon Com Wilkes,
and capture sink him and his whole James river
feet AS this is the week in which the Norfolk
rebels swear they will make their descent upon the
Federal gunboats, we shall wait and watch, be-
iieying that we "shall see what we shall see."
Stonewali Jackson is being heavily reinforced
from Richmond, although the rebels are too wary
to give his whereabouts Our Generals mus, keen
SIarr, tonkp for han thaxy fs,d
him in their rear ere they expect him. All the
railroad were In use last week up to Saturday.
transporting soldiers from Richmond to some point
where they could be made available. Our wounded
were brought down on the common freight and
lumber trucks, as none Of the passenger esuld
be spared.
Since Wednesday last and until Saturday morn
ing following not a gray uniform was seen on or
near the bank of the river opposite u.s. Upon the
last tmentoned day, however, they again made their
appearance, and are occasionally seen peepinx out
from behind some rock or tree. At times cAn be
seen upon the top of the house owned aud occu.
pied by the celebrated DR.. Rufiu, (vhose iatner
had the distinguished honor of firing the first gun
at Fort Sumter which house Is distant perhaps q
milo aud a half back from the river,) persons " no
appear to be signalling parties still further inland
which fact goes prove that they have either forces
in considerable numbers stationed thereabouts or
that they are making feints and endeavoriug to
make US believe that such ID the actual fact
We have 1t from good authority (snd from whence
it not at liberty to state,) and at the
same time, the extent of the smoke arising from the
camp fires make MS positive that their forces di-
recsly opposite hero aud up to tho railroad seat
tered, hid in the woods and that In round numbers
they would not amount 20 more than three thou.
sand men: while just bsy0nd he railroad they ap
pear to he in great numbers, and, from the conte.
nience of aecess it is safe to say that within fo or
five hours they could concentrate force there OF
thirty forty thousand and yet not materially I'M
pede or impair their other operations in any de-
gree weaken their surrounding positions. 1t is,
however, known to a positive certainty that,
mencinG about ten miles above City Point, and
reaching all the way up to Fort Darling, both sides
of the river is grand map of masked batteries.
These our gunboats will, at some future time, pay
their respects to, and no doubt will cause them to
be evacuated
THE coNrRABANDs IN M'cLsLLAN's CAMP.
Ths cCntrabands at aud around this point have
been mustered together and placed in village.
From the number of wedge tents they occupy, there
must be at least z, COO, if not more of them. They
are we'll fed, and the tents give them the proper
deal with them AZ though they were animals, to
keep them in proper trim. They arc up to all
kinds Of lodges to keep from work. Yesterday
saw the guard unearth one fellow who had hid him-
self under pile OF old clothes. How he got
along without being snlothered il mystery
to me. He finally marched to work with
shovel over his shoulder, grinning at his SUCCESS
in sodgering for a time. This one darkey IL only
q type Of all have seen here. They imagine
they should do nothing but eat drink, and sleep.
There is no Disgusting the fact they want the whip
badly. The fear of the whip would act Ike
charm.
The negro women seem to have more energy
than the mon, and are very expert in carrying
heavy loads upon their heads. l have seen them
daily carry buckets OF water their heads up the
side of the bluff without gpilling q drop OF the
water. The negro women look cleaner, in . meas.
ure, than the men, and on q Sunday sport pink and