New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-25

=. TIME The establishment Of the Norfolk and 7
New.York line of steamers opened the district to :
the thrifty market gardeners of New-Jersey snd .
Long Island, and large and highly profitable trade
in early vegetables had commenced when the war
broke out All about here, and over the river about
Norfolk, the country had taken all the appear
ances Of thrift and prosperity. Smiling FARMS com
Portable houses good fences weltilled fields, YIELD
ing large crops for little labor, were TO be seen on
every side, and a new day had dawned on Eastern
virginia The old lie that free labor could not com,
pete with Slavery in the agrcu ura districts OF the
South was practically re1uted, for poor Northern
men had come and grown rich on the 'rui'S u 'n'"
own toll
Alasl what ia TO be seen now For miles and
miles rs we rode along, there was not mouse OF
fence in sight. Piles Of bricks, heaIr o, Ii'r,1'I
charred timbers and rubbish scattered over Tue
ground were all that renamed OF once HAPPY hon'eS
and fresides around which children had clustered
/ Among the ruins tall weeds OF rank growth are
growing and the walks and door-yards are o'erIui
with coarse grasses. The cribs and barns, olCe
bursting with gram the drying HOUSE, on,o |
cabins: are all gone-nOt even stick OF woou re- |
mainipg TO mark tie SPOT where they stood "here
the army has passed along, the miles OF ie'ces 'c
di.appeared in the fan and smoke oi oVouac hIes'
and there the country lee, one vast, d,soIa'eu 'I
as far as the eve can reach You at the Norm, VINO
have contributed your mite toward the Na'iohai
EXPENSES, or sent ont your young men 10 heh, the
battles have no idea Of the grim realities Of war.
/ If Won want to know what they are come 10 Tue
South when the struggle Is over anu rec "ha' '"0''
zee who follow the army.
I Here and there by accident or design, house
NAV be seen still standing, and more rarely stili
one which is inhabited AND untouched. sweeping
consumption has taken all the Young ana h',u'e-
ooed men away and their neighbors have been
driven from their desclaed plantations. One would
think would he not that these solitary falnines,
seeing snch misery such bitter fruits OF Rebellion
abont them would return 10 their loyalty ana pray
for peace on any terms But it is not so. lhey
sneak of the Rebrl cause as their own ana prophey
liz success If they have tears and grei Ior tneir
dead they do not show them to US, but chng 70 'ne
ain with q surprising constancy. Suii 30 oate BIC
their natures these Southern Rebel symlalhi]ers
will take food from 10 save themselves from
starvation and the next moment abuse us IN secret
for Hessians and cut-throats.
In the conrse of our ride we visited large plaDta-
! ton which has escaped the ravages OF war. Inc
nronrieor although born at the North, has hved III
VIRGINIA an his life, and despite protested neu-
,rali,y shows strong leaniDgs toward the southern
cause He is q OF good education, ana hls views
were EXPRESSED with such candor ana ciearhets, AS
IN command the attention of our whole party HAY
mo kent himself strictly at home, and medded with
the affairs of neither eide, he has been molested 10y
neither; although it has sometimes happened thai
officer. of both armies have rartaken OF his hoslI
tally in ore day at different houre.
Our conversation was long, ana embraced nahy
minis of interest tie three or four colonies oil oar
marty taking part Ill it. MIR. Jones says 'ha' NC
Clelan made fatal mistake when ne sat hmr
r down before Yorktown with bis 100 wv men 10 uig
5 trenches lie should have pushed right on to kcli-
D roud which lay entirely Of his mercy. There re
not more than 900 Confederate soldiers on the Pe-
uinsula then 1000 having been sent TO NorioiA
10 defend il against the anticipated ATTACK "a Dur
side Rut rs soon as army halted ana began 10
omen trenches an immense Rebel force was cohccn-
trsted from all points at Richmond and on the re-
njnsula The Rebel leaders determined 10 make
their final stand at their capital, and massed theI
mon 40 IA TO sweep over Mcclellan Ike an
avalanche. An edict of universal conscTlption
. was made, and the whole male population
q Of the South between the ages oil 10 ana - "hr
o brought into the field Those from 40 TO % were
O oroynzed for the defense of the cities and towhh
- and TO do duty anywhere within ten miles from
It their suburbs. Thus in u very short time large
le force more or less elective, was organized. bul
y these men have not all muske's nor even rhc'nns
n Int mixes knives, swords, anything that could he
T. nsed as weapon of oiense or defense, have heen
" pced in their hands, There are AT tins moment al
If least tie best Of these evies III and about hch-
e mond and everything Will be staEed upon ,he
4 chances Of It's defense. II il should be found that
At we are massing a force large enough to take the
)f clty il will be quietly evacuated, as Yorktown ana
n MANASSAS were, and new line OF defense ALREADY
a chosen will be occupied The Rebel Leaders Keep
is Themselves constantly advised Of our movements,
knowing the exact force OF each new regiment
g which oins Burnside Mcclellan, and VIII carry
d out Their plan when the proper time arrives
b Petersburg has been strongly fortified and Is wen
J. earrsoned For about twenty miles TINS bank OF
Inc James ia as healthy any portion OF Virginia
= but above that The lowand commences, ana The
'e country IL verv malanOus Opposite City Point,
and in the vicinity Of llarrlsoEs Bar, 1t IL AS IN
healthy ~ Havana, the banks Of the Ganges, or
t the coast OF Africa; and our Army VIII suhei H.
p, cr.oibly if it lies there.
Mr. Jones savs that while proiessedly neutral. En-
i GLAND and France give secret aid aud comfort TO The
. South. Enyious Of the power OF the United STATES
y they wait Tor its overthrow. They have sofa ehoI-
4 mons quantities of arms and munitions oil war 10
the South, and have large contracts yet untitled
H. The nyasion OF Mexico has for one OF its Objects
,d the supply Of warlhe munitions and the Necessities
and Iuxuiies of life TO the Rebel States, which are
IT. to be struggled across the Mississippi Whenever Ia
. vorable opportunities offer.
~ When asked who of all our Generals was most
u feared by the Rebes be Immediately repied Hal
leck. Mcclellan, they say, Id too slow, although
H. an able military man, but Haleck ID at once u
4 thorough straegist, and quick III the execution o
Ii. his plans
a. Su,b in substance are the views OF an intelligent
40 Virginia planter whore interests are wholly au1
r. sympathies mainly, with the Rebel cause Nhile Al
~ cannot be denied that vein OF eAaggeIation ram
rb through the whole, there are some truths heIef
~ contained which IT would be well for us TO appIe
a. ciate. Notwithstanding numerous severe LESSONS We
IL are still guilty OF the gorgeous folly Of nnderehii
nd mating foe and this war VIII never end UNI
en- we lean better
IN There can be question but that the Rebels have
4 now drafted their entire transferring white popu
of lation and that if they have any very seriou
o. reverses they never repair them, unless-o0 w
20 realize this unless they ute their negroes The,
a are gamblers who have staked their all upon th
no turl OF card. Not Il man or musket more can b.
~ brought into the field. If they win Richmond the
A. gan time, which they regard as infinitely Irecou.
if tnce il opens way for icrcSn interference.
they lose thew have nothing but ruin and dcspai
~ before them But they will fight Oh until they an