The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-12
FROM THE NORTH.
EDITORIAL sP sPECULATIpNs ANN m,s.
CkLLANEJUS NEWS


fHk SchBsR CT Troops II INA pt,,n
Uron this su'jsa: ,hs New York Tine. r.
AHT!i%'a, bas the following spec csia,i5n.:.
there is nothing eiaar than to .xsgs.ra 8
Aae Iorce 81 armies Ia the eeid Il. y given
pr,ht or on pariicniSr !ids ~ invssiCp mr.
ostence The highest rea.oasu'y a.ibeuu
ca'sd estimate Of The who;e force or he rr
n-is "a bous $50, ,o>e, or $50 reg me IS OF sbou
.oo IN cuvs Ts knnd d zach. One If cur
morning con epporari.s, OF ye~'etday. &c
cops th,s estima'e. and renders schaau,s nv
states OF In di i6srant regi ueuts; yrnno n r
snnrnlrg j n 'p"l psaks with bii conn tea re-
OF LOO 000or 5000 undsr HsEs. joseph Johu
It n AID Lss oeoiad tho apps ha rocy. I'm
rgiaia, alone; while ano nse estit Ate ct
800 st CoIinih, In Miss ssipri IL turrsp,Iy
fposen OF az inc force conc -ntr ted 10 a gen
ih-t quarter.
Tha the sntira rebel forcs is les II n one
half, and so1rcsiy liz excess OF on I'd the
rand to'ai CT Inc Eational arcy, there is
Eood rssson ~ sappo3e. This b. L the fair
isis of calcpliti 4. fs utte~s, isSossibjs
that J0i-nsOn aud ,.~e IN all +. . .e ID coo ,r.
Virg;ala, Or Bseuregard l20 coo on the fine
OF ne Als m hrs ana CHARLES OF xa.lroed, Ia.
ciuding the riw AID ustq liopef lewis at
Decatur, North Alabama. virginia has less
sban so 900 enrolled. Of her eighty rrei
insnts, Ne gram the whole 10 be in servc. iu
hef own BORDERS, but not bshisd he Kappa.
hhGhocK alone. othprwiss NORFOLK Yorktown,
&c, wOuld bs defsnceisSs North Cal OHM
nts 70 COO ia service; thsss are m ainly At
home; south Csrolina, 20, ,OO0 OF WING m near
~ on--ha'f is, OF ought 20 DO, In and around
Charleston Georsia, 81 0o0, one half or more
IN ana around SAVANNAH; ArEaussS and
iIAuisisDa 10000, IL ire th@a one-na,f with
Prics RId Y 81. born. and irsend aroai New
Orleans This dislri ioutio1 would leave
ntssiss. cpl = COO, Tennessee 5000 and Aia-
b. ma 10, t0), % make mp tho army at Island
No 10, and at and a ound Uorin Tn.
We al. rememb ber no the ( r e at Bowling
dTsen WAS msRnifea last fall int eo,NO.
80, o., and even loo 900 MsI yet fer Fort
Gone's n W su p isa win q or 10 regi.
men's from tnis point, the retreatiaz Mi /.
tary rahble tha. nsd from Bowling q reep on
ths approach Of Bueil, and that halted at
Nashville Cnly 10 eEough to throv the
psople into panic and 6iamay, n uro bsred,
perhaps, less sasn 9. 700 Ut 5000. And 80 a;
columbus, the reported Strength of 1900
dwindlcd INTO IL, 90 or Is, 90, when tn de-
fsncts Il THAT point were abr ndonsJ
l: IS not prudsns. # cou -se to underrata
the force OF the unemy az any given voiut or
all poia ts togejh.r. We nave no .nciinatiou
TO do 50 Hut it Is not we'll TO have :hs cCun.
try kepttG q state Of III necessary suspense
~ exsgge-aiing the peril of Vu tQnal num-
bsrs supposed to es threatening cur Weatern
and Viraicia commands Toe COOS peop.e Of
he Horsa aud West may res. assured III q.
Sen. Hslisck will take care OF the emmy Ia
ths dirsc Ton OF N9m phis. lrd we muco uiis.
.eka TIE force AMI ma.srial of oar army OF
tho Po.smar 1t Johnston aui Lee, ysi n ma
grufer and Huser thcowa 10, ar. all. 10 r..
pulse it IN Ftrgiaia.