The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-08


snaa9ensnt Of the 10th inst. For the sat It's
6.ction OF the family and friends Of the late
(@en. COLLECTOR, will say that his body has
been properly cared for, oecenuy clothed,
Yonrs &C., M. u. MANSON,
UonmaA1iAg ~ Mill Spring."
srArEnlsr OF CAPT. Rwrso.
The writer gained the following iufoyms.
ION In sundry conversations with Captain
nsnax and Captain spiller.
Gutain Ewing IL . young man who las
inst arrivea 1t the disnity OF biting dell.
:. ~ m pssache Of saffron hue He was aid
N oaneYal Zoliconsr, an Acting Assistaut
Adiu TINT General, and appears TO lave keeu
great favorite Win the Fe1ei General. He
ana q nephew OF tho notorious Andrew Ew'
ine. who early bscame prosslyte to secss-
sionism. and prominent - . Breckenridge
electoY. Captain Ewing 10 the aid who fred
on DOL Fry, Whs, In return ming his fire, kill
I'd Zollioofier. living says Zollicofrer ima-
sined the Fourth kentucky regiment Of Col
Fry to b tho extension OF his own left wing,
and, though forewarned by Ewing, the ret 81
s usaos mag On bis own mon Ewing
aFed 1T Fry At the moment Zoliiooffer
Turned from Fry,1ha wing discovered his mis-.
take y Ewing thinks he hit Fry. Fry's
was imposstbls for him to have shot Fry's
horse In the side. H says tina, had not
Thomas appeared At koga MS Gross Roads at
the time he did Crittenden would b. ve re-
entirely destitute Of provisions, Ii, d were
gradually being surrounded. He says they
had in camp on the 18th only two days pro-
viMons, which the troops carried to the bat
the lsth corroborates this statement, while
the destitute condition IN which our troops
found the commissary department adds fresh
proof NO intention 70 attsmpt defence of
IL
listed that Boyle would croes TO Monticello
aad Cut on the rear. The crossing OF .he
river was begun At an early hour IN me
day. Many Of the men reached Mon.
passed that point at midnisht- The panic
Was at it, full height 1t the time OF the
crossing, and did not eubside until the point
Of the con vsrgsDos Of the roads from Row ena
den and stan were among the frst 70 part
siapt. Ewipe evidently thinks Gen. Oritten-
dsn = coward and poiroon. He says that
Immediately sun.sqnsnt 70 me ia'i OF zoin
him standing behind . hay stack. He imme-
diately corrected this statement, and raid,
not exactly behind 1t, but near by Grit
tendon 10 hardly . mau to shuu danger, IN.
les his conscience has made a coward OF
him. Capt. Ewing expects TO have tho bri
gade together In ton or tWsl We days, and try
as again. He admits that the troops at Camp
Shields are mainly Alabama and ID ississi opi
men. He says that the skeletons OF these two
regiments were all they had in the asht.N
Damp Shields 10 At Boiling Sprtngs, on Cleark
FORK Of the Big South Fork Of the Gum Der.
land, and on the southern edge Of Fsntress
county. It 10 distant just 81 miles from the
battle. dsld,
sfArxARHf OF CAPT. s1ILLlB.
This ofacer - IN elderly man. who lived at
Chattanooga. Tennessee. He appears TO have
been the Q uArtorNastsr OF Gen. Zollico6tr's
hxtsade. which, ~ states, was the First of the
GA~vD An nf N
Was under the command of Gen. OFittendsn,
He has No great epinlon Of Oritten den, and
calls both that 0onoT and Gen. CARROLL
who was IN com maA1 Of the reservexs. whis.
key hloats" This dlsrespectful term, stx.
A.AcAas and expressive. - original with Capt
0plller, and eaotsd ser6asim. He says Grit
teAaeA had no command over tbs men, and
tAAV had 10 confidence In him. Thsy would
erelly kaoWn thst Zollico1er Was opposed 70
tAo movoaeat. SaAes Uritts ndsn's assamp.
tion Of ~ command ell gen eral orders have
snaa.ssA fro. zon,csa'r; .n "a: s %:n would
n s1o H r.siS.as.. OILY sossss oar army. AID
s :e:s y; -. s'e ss.iso9 spi:. va:
twice y Genera scnSepns camp: n: ssys
power 70 obtain . supply Of provisions sum.
cIsnt for Q tour days march. intending 70 at.
tack Schosp1 In his amp. No sach supply
eouid b . obtAiktd. Nsither Oaptains Spliler
Woun ded.
Aspect o. TEE cora1sY.
Monticello. lately occupied BY the Oonfsd.
crate troops, u described By The Rs,sh cor.
respondent to be dsnudsd Of every beauty b.
he rough AsAA Of war. It II ct prese n
netAiAg but AoepltAl for tie OonSs1erate
sick And wsan1eA. TAs country ell alons
All the cattle ana AsEsss are driven OF. ana
tAs yivsg Aheas Ntll 0Dsins u utterly rul.ed.
IN every A1s-hease, level, aid stable, 3.
tWssa 1En eDsing aaA tAs Tennessee STATE
iinss ~ ack. wounded. and dying are
pasksA.
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