The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-29
LATER FROM THE N0RTH.
The Siege OF vicksburg Abandoned Death Of
Ex-Presidens vau- u-Bnrcn--From NIcClellan's
Army-~A Dangerous Lady. &c.


Army-~-A Dangerous Lady. Ac.
We have received New York and Philadelphia
papers to the 18th inst. The Siege Of vicksbprg
Ia announced In Washington dispatches TO have
been given up and the reason alleged is. that the
army In the We.. could not spare tho troops to
make the attack by land" Senator Jim Lane of
Kansas, Is engaged in tha. State raising bite and
hlack regiments Ex-Presdent Van Buren, died at
Undertook on the 2ith inst There arc only three
exPresidcnts of the Uu,ed States now alive. They
are Miliard Fillmore. Franklin Pierce. and James
Buchanan.
THE AR3Y or TIE POTOMAC.
There Is li,tle$rom McCleian's army The only
thing approaching news is the following paragraph
rom letter dated Harrison's Landiag July 22d :
This morning carly assembled for review the
able efficient brave. and hardworkiug corps com
msnded by that truly brave, gallant. talented but
plain and unassuming General, Edwin V. Sumner.
The boys looked nea: and tidy as though inst
tremenfs were bright and shining new dollars,
and the mastery manner In which they performed
the varied field maneuvres proved every man to
be In the highest deEree true aud worthy soldier
We saw on the field as lockers on during the re.
view Gems. Mcclellan. Sedgwick, Kearney, aud q
whole host of lesser lights all of whom see med de-
lighted with the appearance and bearing Of the
Men.
To show the amount of hard service this corps
Eas seen, we will take two regiments from it rs an
exslmpls. The slss Pennsylvania volunteers ard
tie 6.ss New York each came on the Peninsula
with nine hundred ueu, This morning the
nrst named now under command of the Major, pa.
r8ded one hundred and sixty men, while the latter,
under Colonel Barlow could not muster but one
hundred and twenty.
EETrRNfNQ
A letter from Westover, July a5d gives Yam
kee view of the proceeding attendant the trans
fer of wounded prisoners from Richmond to their
boats there. II says
Upon the arrival of the boat. at the landing a
corporal. with his guard, was vending their
ways down from the bluff, and making for the
wharf They stopped at old frame building,
and after stacking their arms, came down to the
wharf, and were stationed sentries. to keep our
folks froIn eaving the wharf These rebel troops
were we'll dressed and presented very neat up.
pearanee Their uniform was fac siniiLe of the
Gray Reserves In Philadelphia On their caps was
b. r. Border Riheso They came from Norfolk
and vicinity, and belonged to the hundred and
sixty first Virginia, and rs yet have not been i'll
action, or have not seen much duty, hence their
neat appearance. The first rebel commissioned of
icer that approached was Lieut Green, Il very
grntlemany and polite young man.
The corporal of the guard amused our party very
much by his garuility. His name il Wilkins, and
was formerly clerk in Norfolk. He stated that
the Confederate army would be IN philadelphia Ht
the furthest. by Christmas. Washington would
fall to them very shortly, and Baltimore be
freed Immediately after the occupation of Wash.
irgton. He was fighting for Southern rights, tut
what these Southern rights consisted of. lie was not
quite prepared TO say but one thing be did know,
we were stealing ell their negroes, and this
pardonable.
The wharves aud surroundings st City Point ere
S destroyed. This was done some three weeks
" n for tha 1T of q
Georgia regiment firing Into dag of truce boat
landing here Many of the dwellings On the bill,
show the effect of shot and she'll The inhabitants
(sone 400 in HuilbeT) fled 10 Petersburg when the
firing commenced. a railroad track yet remains,
running along the shore in front OF the village
The renlnanfs of q car which has been burned, is
on the end of the track. The dwellings all
bu.t on bluff above the railroad, some 50 feet
high. The houses from the boats are old
frames, much dilapidated The guards would not
allow to cross tue track, we being circuniserbed
to the river side of sad track The sentry Il good.
hearted conscript, but very ignorant. formerly an
oYerseer near Norfolk, said that large hotel stood
Oh ths bank, bat was burned by our folks This
SENTRY like most of the Virginia soldiers could not
read
Soon other CorEedsrate troops hn..an 10 4ies.es
down. many of them their dirty gray unifo rms and
many in citizens clothes. Two young dandies from
Petersburg sported black coats and pants, " hite
vests and the coarse gray military caps In fact,
none of the troops this side have service
number Of them belonged to the rebel signal
corps service, vino had rs. c." on their caps.
first took them for South Carolinians. About half
an hour after our arrival, tue locomotive whistls
was heard approaching. 1t was not long before q
long train of burthen cars was seen approaching,
with a large locomotive in the lead and sn.all old
fashioned machine behind. Our troops were in
stacies to get more under the folds of the old
flag They were in most miserable plight, filthy
and dirty In the extreme.
They stated that the Confe1srates had done the
best they could for them, but they had not much
to give them. They got a ration OF bread and soup
every day. Many complained il not enough.
The poor fellows We're gotten on board the Spaud
ing and Knickerbocker at once, many of them tax
ing bath on board as soon US getting there. Old
clothes and blankets, in numbers were thrown
overheard they received clean clothing Many
had to be carried on board. Some had not had
their broken limbs set. The rebels have so many
wounded Of their own they could not attend to all.
Richmond is full to overhowing with them. Many
have been sent down TO Petersburg
The wounded wanted new clothes at once, those
who had had their limbs amputated still wore their
blood stunned clothes; some again, had clothes
a. all, but poncho thrown around them On
litter carried ON board the Spauldng was a boy not
over fourteen years old, badly wounded Tee sells
in Richmond at S2S per pound, coffee IS. Neces-
saries getting very, very scarce, hence our
troops do not complain. -
The old a ID solid men l met at the Point seemed
very bitter At Government Niger was their
only cry. 1 suppose they have lost slaves. They
boast loudly of making ns leave the swanlps before
Richmond. They all aend to die in the last ditch,
and then the women will continue the fight. Such
braggadocio il sickening. never saw or heard so
much brag from troops. But these fellows are
cusable; they are green. Troops who have been
in action do not bray. The enemy have whole
some dread os our gunboats. They say they can
not stand the fire of such heavy pieees
VIEWS or AN EsCAPED YANKEE.
The Boston 7yarel,er. of the 23d. contains the
story Of Massachusetts Yankee, who, after '4per
forming the duties Of his profession for several
montbs" In Richmond, escaped from here on the
10Th inst, in company with other Northern men,
They went to Charlottesville and walked from there
to the Valley:
The whole Of the negro population lock forward
TO the coming of Northern army with the hope
and expectation that IL will prove day of deliver
ance TO them. The slave girls have become more
ependent than usual, and frequently tell their
mstresses that they will soon change conditions
with them and play upon pianos, and be ladies,
while their m;stressss will be compelled to cook
and scrub.
cotton will be king yet They think England
must soon Interfere in their behalf IN order to oh.
ain cotton. France they believe to be more friend
y tn the Confederacy than Eng. and
The gentleman knows nothing definitely Of the
aumber Of the rebel army at Richmond when the
attack was made on McCelian's lines but II was
ais opinion, formed from conversation with well
nformed men, that the fofce consisted OF from one
,nndred and fifty thousand to two hundred thou
and men. He thinks none of Beauregard's army,
rom Corinth, was there. The army had been in
xcascd by conscrpts, aud reinforcemenis contin-
led to come In during the six days that he contest
VAS going on.
He knew nothing Of the rebel loss In the battles.
Except that II was Large At the time Of the battle
Il Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, as the rebels call H.
hair numerous hospitals were all filed with wound