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vifle and Memphis were the special objects o.
Bragg in his rapid retreat from Kentucky but,
Is Buell. headed him of at Louisville in his
northern march, so Rosecrans has anticipated
him in his retreat Consequently Bragg has
been compelled to move down nearer the bor-
ders of Georgia and Alabama, and to divide his
forces, in order to feed them from the impove-
rished country around him.
Further West, the demoralized rebel forces Of
Van Dorm, Price and Lowell, which were SO ter
riby defeated in their concentrated attack upon
Coriath, have been pursued by Gen. Grant to
Holly Springs. Mississippi We dare say that
when the combined land and naval forces un
der Gen McClernand and Admiral Porter get
under way, they will, in conjunction with Gen
Grant, very soon clear out the armed forces of
the rebellion from the entire State of Missis-
sipp including Vicksburg the last remaining
point on the Mississippi river where the rebels
now command crossing. Meantime, under the
general direction of Gen. Butler, the work of
ferreting out and breaking up the squads of
rebel guerillas in the swamps of Louisiana has
been going On successfully and simultane
whole coast of Texas, including heavy cata-
logue OF warlike spoils Little remains to be
done to complete the suppression of the rebel
lion in the Southwest, beyond the capture
Of Vicksburg and Mobile ; for the loss to the
rebels of these two important military positions
will under the pressure of our land and naval
forces from the Gulf coast and from the North
involve the loss Of Mississippi and Alabama
Where, then, will be the hope of rescue tc the
rebel cause in Arkansas, Northern Louisiana
and Texass They will all go by the board.
Thus while in the East decisive victory on
the part of Gen. Burnside will be followed by
general collapse of the rebellion, from Virginia
to Georgia, it only needs a telling blow or two
in the Southwest to settle the question: from
Georgia to Texas Fast and West too, best Of
ALL the Union has the men and the means in mo
ton competent for the work.
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Tn. Nova sco,tan Ousyvard Bound.

NoNTReAi. New q, 1857.
III. steamship Nova scotau sailed from Qubec n eevcu
,c,,eL ths morning, asiug out ten cabin aud thirty
,syee steetaqe passengers for Liverpool.
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BARNUMs AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadwa,-EsouI
NauS INDIANS CosMoooEf NETT CoLoREp TRopIcAL FISH
&c. at all hours PAovRsrrR, afternoon and evening
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WOODS MINSTREL HALL 5l4 Broadway-ErH,o,,A
SONGS. DANCES &c.-OTHEilo
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cHaisTY's OPERA HOUSE. aS5 Broadwsy-ErHrorrA
SONGS DAHcks. Sc-AisrHryous MosKir
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BRyAATs MINSrRELS' Mechanics Hail. l72 Broad.
SONGS BuRfKsorEs DANCES. ac-HIcu
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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22
EDWARD EVERETT

This polished craven, who hes served both God
and Gammcn; who has been preacher politician
syeophau' conservative fanatic by turns, s.-d auy
and everything where thrift might follow after ia
still writing for Bnnners Ledger His latest essay
ander the patronage OF Sylvsnus Cobb. Is on In
tervention." He decaims most bitterly against
anything of the kind He thinks it impossible that
England can DO anything SO monstrous OF course
he does. And be cunningly argues that the South
en- statesmen have always been the enemies of
England Also, of course. Fearing England, he
would now frown on her He declares that, ito 60
io war with the United States TO obtain supply
OF cotton, would be violation Of the law of ma
u9ns.' He urges on En- gland not 10 think of any
such thingi OF course England will respect the
reasons AID the remonstrances Of the accomplished
tyccrhant, v no Is defending a war Of rapiue
against sovereign states, and maintaining outrages
OF humanity and the law of nations in order that
HE prosperous Southern trade which has enriched
bis people nsy still be controlled to their especial
advantage, to their feasting and fa.tening, and
e.oshins In purple and fine linen The rights of
The sovereign States of the South, the peace and
iVes OF taeir people are nothing IN. the scale
sssinst the rich fruits Of their labor These tie
ianKees cannot give pp. Oh, the wicked rebel
hen' says the sanctimonious Everett. Not only
Goes &c think II would be an outrage 10 Interfere
IN what be calls the domestic quarrel" OF tho
aited States, but ne berates goundiy certain Eng
Han statesmen who have taken credit 10 England
'ot not interfering. a. 1t would be just as reason
abe Gays lie, for a man In strsitened circun,.
S'ances TO boast Of his generosity in not going out
10 punder defenceiess travellers on the highway"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22

FIRST YEAR Or THE WAR" BY EDWARD A.
PoLLARD.-This work has been placed upon our
table by the publishers. West & Johnston sir.
Pollard is already well known 10 the public IS the
author Of the BLACK Diamond and other work s.
The present work is written in the peculiarly AMI
mated and racy style of the author and viii com
iland an extensive sale. MIR. T. is understood TO
have enjoyed unusual facilities for collecting infor.
nation and he appears TO have made the best use
OF them. The book appears TO be written with Ii
candor and impartality the more commend able
that they were hardly TO have been expected under
the circumstances. AS far can Judge, the
narrative is strictly truthful.
We wish to point out couple of errors Gen.
Edward Johnson is NOT of Georgia, but of Virginia
He is a native of Chesterfield. and is large prop
erty holder in this city, which is his home when moi
on duty. The Captain Of the Virginia artillery
company taken at Fort Donelson was John II Guy
of this city, not Gray, as stated in the text.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22
VOL. XIII.
THE YANKgRs IN LOUISIANA

Rev. Henry +. Lee Of West Baton ROUGE La
which place he left two weeks ago, has arrived IN
this city. He gives interesting account Of af
fairs In Baton Rouge. the capital aud the vicinity
The people of Baton Rouge are immovasle in ,be,r
loyalty 20 the Confederate States The redors,
force there, under Gen Williams Ia about | sio
about half of whom are sick Nis common s,s,,,
to see the Yankee soldiers lying sick in tho s.oro
doors. and squads of them tot.cr from the hosni,s
doors to any place they can find In the street
"nere breath Of air may cool their feyerracaeN
frames. For some time before Mr., L. left the e,t,
zens OF West Baton Rouge were not allowed to
cross the river TO Baton Rouge unless on "paroe,"
ceremony which Is described as nearly equal to
taking the oath Of allegiance. Tho force at the
capital Nigh. easily be captured by n sudden dash
made by our troops from Camp Moore, which IL
only 40 miles from there 1t is camp of instruc.
tion under Gen. Rugsles. and does not seem to b.
much feared hy the Federals. who make frequent
raids into the country. Not long since party of
Federals surprised struggling Mississippi company
at Amite bridge, "a I..ies from camp and ca pt,rea
eight Of Them. They were 10 turn surprised by n
party OF irapromrtu guerrllas. and the prisoner,
retakeu. The Yankees lost threa killed and their
bodies were all the spells with which they returned
to Baton Rouge.
The negroes, 20 far, have proved very faithful to
their owners, even under the immediate presence
OF The enemy. Two regiments Of Massa chusS It's
and Connecticut troops went to tho farms Of Col
H. w. Allen and Captain R. B. Chinn, wi here they
camped, and insreuded and tainpered with the ne.
eroes TO their hearts content bat with little effect
on the slaves. Oaly one case occurred where the
negroes on plantation (Dr Nolan'0 refused to
work, and then they were told 10 go of TO thoir
white brethren They stsrted, bu; were captured
and brought back by Some planters In Baton
Rouge the Indiana regiment had a row With the
New England regiments about the "contrabands !,
who had escaped from their masters and arrived in
that city The Indiana soldiers assisted the masters
to reclaim the fustives, which was resisted by the
New England mon.
Gen. Williams had issued an order against negro
stealing, and Com. Farragut had declared that he
would not tolerate IT. but the citizens Gid not put
much faith in this particularly the latter officer
took off 800 fugitive slaves with his fleet when it
sailed from Vicksburg.
The people in the country are preparing TO move
back from the banks of the river III accordance with
Gen. Van Dorns Recommendation, and in three
months the banks of the Mississippi, from Baton
Rouge to New Orleans, will be tenantless The
river this year has been fifteen inches higher than
ever known before, and erevasses Of unusual mag
nitude have occurred In the rear of our inform
ants residence there was a body Of water ffty
miles wide.
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THE TRACK OF THE ABOLITION ARMY
The Yankee invaders Of the Valley Of Virginia
hare incurred the deep-seated hatred of the people
Of ths section by series OF diaboIical outrages
accounts Of which continue to reach us from yari.
Gus sources. They have robbed the farmers of al.
most everything they possessed, and carried their
rsseal,ty so far to burn the wheat after ii had
been out and shocked in the fields. IN the lower
part of Shenandoah their robberies have despoiled
the inhabitants Of their stock fowls aud all kinds
Of provisions, and what they could not devour or
carry away they have destroyed. II was n.tced
tb6! some OF the soldiers with Fremont and Miroy
IN ter passage up the Valley frequently cursed the
Dutch, and asserted that they were disgrace to
any army; bu. no could that they were an,-
worse than the native born Yankees In crime and
yillainy they were all alike. This Is the sort of
sent into Virginia to win the confidence of the
people and TO restore the Union A letter from
Woodstock Informs Us that the condition Of the
Yankee army is by so lattering as the
northern papers would have us believe Deser-
tions have been numerous, and stragglsrs in small
squads are constantly passing through that place
II is hoped that day of reckoning for all the op-
preston tie people of the Valley lave suffered is
not far distant
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DEsERTERs PROM THE FEDERAL ARMY.-The
Rockingham (Va.) Rsgistsr says number of deser.
ters from the ranks and within the lines OF the
enemy, have arrived at Gen. Robertson's headquar.
ters in the last few weeks Most CT them were
Erginians, who had been forced" 20 volunteer in
the Federal army. Others the straghtout
Yanks. The Register says
Ia one case we saw captain who had concluded
to quit Lincoln ard had cause, aIld come down
South to Dixie. He was fnelooking fellow
well dressed and seemed 20 be OF intelii-
gence. He not only tired of fighting against
the people of the South byt stated that he agreed
with us in principle, and would rather occupy our
platform than the one he had just abandoned.
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Potice Coart-Yesterday. Thomas Murphy was
brought up for examination on the charge OF steal.
ing $3.50 from John A. Rouse. The latter was
robbed a week or two since, and several parties
have already been brought to condign as sharers
in the plumber obtained from him. The examina-
ton IN this instance was continued until today
Isaiah, slave OF Wm Taiaferro, arrested for re.
ceiving S75 from James, slave owned By MrA
Mandef. the property of John T. Hli was convict.
ed and ordered 80 lashes-The alleged assault and
battery on Margaret Whslen by John Pero and
his son and wife, was the subject Of lengthy In.
vestigation, during which the witnesses ON either
side gave graphic pantomimic illustrations Of what
was done and how, including the cursiug said to
have been indulged in by the parties which was
not in very choice language. The case was ended
by Mr. Pero being bound over 10 appear before
the grand jury to answer.-Mrs. Elizabeth Totty,
who was incidentally referred to by the sitting
magistrate as person of great repute as fortune.
teller, had John Disney srraigned for assauiting
her negro girl, Jane. The testimony made 1t APP
pear that the result Of the contest not near
detrimental to the girl her owner believed il To
be, and John Disney was let off.
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THE YANKEES IN ORANGE CouNTY-The Lynch

burg Republican, Of TIE 3oth, says the Yankees
have retreaied into Culperer county. Il adds
They estimated to number between 3G00o
and DO coo, and are mainly stationed in Culpeper
and Madison. Tht report of the taking Of Madison
Court House by the enemy IL confirmed After the
skirmish On Friday morning at Orange Court House
our cavalry retired towards Gordonsvie, and the
enemy mastering courage, advanced far as Mad
ison Run Station, four miles from Gordonsville,
where they captured two OF the section masters
the railroad About the time of their arrival there
our troops having been reinforced, made their sp
pearance and grand stampede commenced among
the enemy Our men pursued them some two
miles, and captured seventy of them, who
were sent TO Richmond Saturday. There need be
no fears OF the enemy In that quarter" 81
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sEIzUREs.-Government officers, last week. seiz
ed large amount Of sugar and some 500 barrels of
-four, which were stored In Charlotte. n. c. Thirty
cents per pound was allowed for the sugar. The
sugar and -four both were taken for the soldiers.
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AN AFFAIR AT TuPELo.--We learn from pri.
vste letter that brilliant little afia came off
Tupelo, between about 1000 Yankees and a force
Of Confedsrafes, ON the 4th instant. When the
Yankees were first attacked by our troops, they
imagined that there was only small handful,
which they could easily dispose OF. They fought
therefore, with great fury for little while, but
Anding We had sufficient force to cope with them.
they took TO their heels ~ usual Tks entire force
was utterly routed with Loss, A. we are Informed,
Of soms 600 killed aud 500 wounded and prisoners
Our loss WAS twenty killed and fifty wounded
.JaEksos Mississtpptax, lafh, tssfaxs.
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THE YANKEE CAVALRY FoRAY.

Beaver Dam, where the Yankees made q raid
say or two since Ia forty miles from Richmond, and
.srre miles from the line Of Louisa county Nost
of the buildings of the locality used for rail
road purposes aud except as a way station on the
Central route Beaver Dam has heretofore possessed
no ,pecial importance Within a circle Of few
miles however reside many persona Of wealth and
influence, and it approhended that the enemy,
hsd thsy come down In any force would rot have
departed without indalsns their usual propensity
.os robbery and pi!age but far az we have
been able to ascertain, this apprehension has not
been realized.
Mr. Duke, the telegraph operator st the juno.
,ion took hand car on Sunday evening, and pro-
ceeded mp as near as possible 10 Beaver Dam Sta.
ten where be learned that :he Yankees hsd taken
their del Yarture, after having done as much Injury
70 ,he railroad rs possible daring the brief period
# their visit. They burned the depot oifiee wa
ser tank sud a large quantity Of wood and tore up
tae track II several places The telegraph opera
Tor q, ihe Stallion, Mr Smith, was captured bu: we
understand ths; he succeeded IN making bis es.
espe They manifested strong desire to mako
ursoaer % Col Eonaipe, the President cf the rail-
read who resides in the vicinity; but in this they
did No, succeed. II was douhtless their idea tha,
\. effecling the destruction of the railroad they
could strike no more fatal biows,h an to capture
Gentleman who has been closely identified with ,,s
Interests from the fEs. moment of its existence int
tsey were either too cowaidly or too weak to COM
ilrte work so boldly and impudentiy begun, and
.e rasnlt of,he foray amounts onothng more than
destruction of SONS little property and temporary
pnbie ine9nvsnience II Is believed that the Ysn
kee cavalry engaged in this work were no, more
,haa $50 strong, though there were probably more
within reinforcing distance. Although we have in
te.isence that the greater portion Of the enemys
troops have been withdrawn from Frederic ksburg.
there Is no doub: that they have parties securing
through the country below, ana information com.
munieaed 10 them by spy quite naturally led 10
this descent upon the railroad al Beaver Dam
LATRR--TRE ROAD orES.
no train was sen. West from the Central depot
yesterday, but dispatch received last evening
from Col Fontaine announcing that the enemy had
m the neighborhood, and that the necessary re-
pairs the road had been made Consequently
rain viii leave for staunton this morning at the
Usual hour, and have reason 10 believe that
navel will not again be interrupted.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22

THE u. s. ARMY.-The statistics Of the United
States army show that it is now composed of rs
cavalry regip ents of II 536 men, II artillery regi
ments, Of l9,477 men; o04 infantry regiments, of
50e 745 men; also batteries and detached CON-
panies. numbering II .a96 men; making total Of
6l7,474 men. With the new levy of 100000, the
army will number 917, 600 men,
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EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.

1t is now understood that general exchange of
prisoners OF war has been agreed upon. Tie basis
of this exchange is the cartel OF 1919 between the
United States and Great Britain. The surplus on
either side viii be paroled.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22

MAD PoETEss--Sad SisAL---The daughter of
Sumner Lincoln Fairfield. who frequently visited
Riehmend, asposing Of her works, has become in
sane, and is now an inmate of al asylum in Wash.
ington city. correspondent of the Home Journal
who visited her, says:
Cross-legged upon the round table, In the centre
OF the room, was seated woman, perhaps thirty
years of age, who had the remains Of remarkable
beauty the finest of large, dark. wild eyes, and
features which, though ghastly pale were exceed
ing we'll cut and expressive. Her long gray hair
was dishevelled, and OF her dress and appearance
she evidently had not a thought but, open upon
her lap was volume from which she was pre-.
tending to read aloud, making unintegible and
incoherent gabble. By her side lay handsomely
printed volume of novel of her own writing
with her own likeness as frontispiece and she
had gone crazy an authoresst 1t was dar gh-
ter OF the poet. Sumner Lincoln airfeld .and she
had started with great PROMISE publishing her first
book in Boston. Both of her parents I. will be re-
membered, were of the over i'm aginative class and
it proved that the twofod inheritance Of the Gift
was too much. But what pity Is such an appa-
rently unnecessary wreck of the lifetime of beau
tiful girl; for told that her recovery Ii hope
less. The Doctor said that for seconds only she
regained her consciousness; and asked me to ad.
dress some remark to her. did, observing that she
must be very lonely, sometinesin that unfurnished
room. Her attention was arrested by my voice. and
she stared around and fixed her large, dark eyes
upon me- Yes" she said, "these asylums are the
mournfullest of weary places T. Alas for the head
that ID to go wild with its er-endowingsi
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22
RELICS OF OUR REVOLUTION

The holster pistols of the lamen,ed G en- Barnard
Z. Bee. one of the heroes of Manassas, have been
presented by his widow to the Confederate States
and Capt Chids, of the Ordnance Department, pre-
sented them TO Col. John Il. Morgan, cnieftaiu
worthy TO wear them
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22

MILITARY APPoINTNENT.-Col. John T. Jones,
of Harrisonburg, Va, has been appointed Briga.
dier-G General, and assigned to the command of q
brigade under Jackson.
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PROMOTIONS AND CHANCES IN THE Army

Yaoiioss m AND CHANCES IN THE ARMF.
''''fh I. H. Holmes has been assigned to the
.-AIa p- oi tbs Trans Mississippi Department.
q, Org zen. x. H. Anderson has been promoted to
ah. OF Major-0enegsl. and assigned 70 the
aaa ~, oi the Division lsteIy commanded By
MAJ. Gen. Huger.
W. jenkins. Of South Carolina promoted 10
A " bngsdier- Gsnsrsl vice X H. Andsr.on,
promoted
r. asnla Z Green, Of Missouri, psomotsd 70
nfissdisr General.
.h' rsdsnatiOn Of Gen. Joseph Z. Asdsr,oa he's
essn accepted
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22

One Yaakee and three negro prisoners were
Chickahominy. The darkies belonged respective
ly asi follows John Winston to DR.. Pollard Of
Hanover; Moses Langhorn to Mr.. Hunter, of King
George; and Joe DERRICK to Mr. Enders, OF Rich.
mond They were all employed at Drawry's Bluff.
and had passes to 20 there but were found by our
pickets inquirng the way to the Chickahominy
They were lodged in the @. S. military prison at
this place
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McCLELLAN's "sTRATEGIc MOVE
Henceforth when scoundrel Is kicked out Of doors.
He need never resent the disgrace;
But cry: my dear sir, I'm eternllly yours
For your Kindness in changing my base."
Richmond Watg.
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SMUGGLING AND SPECULATION.

We understand that the smuggling trade between
baltimore and Richmond il still quite brisk, a con.
sSerabie quantity of goods having arrived here
~l'hlh the past few days The parties engaged In
'Hs'fate exhibi. most patriotic disposition to re-
eSo tss necessities of the community, by selling
sa at sixteen dollars per pound, coffee at two dol
as and FIFTY cents and everything e.sein proportion.
lie articles are retaiied to the people at prices
winch may well be deemed fabulous, and the con
'eqaenee Is that every necessary Of life is held at
similar rates; the producers arguing that 30 long as
'l'y are made TO pay enormously for goods. they
.'ut, make up the amount by putting starvation
~ upon vegetables, meats, fowls, butter, eggs,
ana other market supplies. In the present state of
''S1's' there Is no apology for commercial inter-
" v'a''e with the country beyond the Potomac, even
. 1t were sot for the purpose Of encouraging spec
1'a'ion. 1t Is positive injury to the community
Aad should be pu, down.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22

Body Of a Dr0pned Man Fonad-PersOns passing
in the vicinity of the gauge dock Of the basin on
yesterday morning had their attention attracted by
seeing the body Of a dead man floating on the sur
face OF the water. The Coroner was soon notified,
and repairing to the spot caused the body to be
moved from the water 1t was found to be that Of
an unknown stranger, in the gsrb OF a soldier. No
evidence of violence was 0bserv able, aud as no.
body could identity the deceased the Coroner dnot
deem it necessary to hold an inquest man was
seen to fail in the canal near the Armery bl ise
few days since, and as he sunk he is presumed to be
the same party
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BRowNLOW AND JOHNSON In TEARsf
ankee letter writer describes q recent meet.
1e 'e."een Parron Brownlow and Andrew John
s oH' "ho had been political antipodes and enemies
'"en'y'hve years. The writer says they met
@e. 70 iace; each offered tho other his right hand
''n shed tears neither spoke word, and instant
separated mutually reconciledf' A part of the
.''ie fah these villains have uttered In their lives
"hat they aid Of each other, and that made them
~" us worst men alive. To atone TO the devil for
Nh OF a'tering 10 much that was not false they
new make .iieudsi