Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-06-05
The Virginia Armies.

We take the following interesting paragraphs from the Richmond correspondence of the Charles ton Courier:
 have had an interesting interview with an otli- cer of our army, who was recently within the enc
 mvs lines, and who conversed freely with thelr most prominent commanders. He says Gen Me Clellan and indeed, most of the old army officers
 are courteous and gentlemanly; but the material of which their followers composed Is repuislYe, dissolute vulgar obscene and blasphemOus. Ihelr insolent bearing toward the surgeons who went
 under a flag of truce to attend upon our wounded
 after the battle of Williamsburg, would infamousy
 ad0rn the conduct of President Gefrard's black minions They alleged that troops mutiated thair dead-insulted and butfeted their wounded,
 and in retaliation they propose holding our surgeons IA hostages To the perpetratlon or so fragrant an outrage the latter dauntlcssy defed them. " Tell ma doctor," said an upstart political general ,
 :. how you account for the brutality with which vour neonle treat our wounded andE' Upon me
 rronnd sir'' replied the surgeon " that your peo- nln are m nporateful-ncapableo of telling the truth
 and that vour lenders have to stimulate fcroclty . .,,hs+;tn+a for truth = What. do you mean to denv the truth of my representations " sad the vanIal s mean to assert, sir, that they are pal pable lies," was the rejoindef
 Ny informant represents Gen. Wool @s being bordering upon dotage. He is absent-minde' ana rambling in his speech, vascillating and foolish ln decision Mcclellan, he adds, is much oYerrated as a commander; but polite and magnanimous'-
 He freely conesses that the abolition opposition to him is very great. Of our generals he spoke m the highest terms. Beauregard and Joe Johnst ,n he called great men; Early and Longstfeet, he addad were stubborn IS twin devils; and Gen. G' w Smith he called his warmest personal friend ! His talents" he added, '" are allied to genus Under circumstances of diversity, he will rise aboye then! grandly" When the interview came to a close. tny last words of Mcclellan were
 Farewer l hope wc shall soon meet in peace and harmony" f Did you saT on the Chlcka- hominy}'" responded my friend
 Soon acser the latter was introduced to tfe Vile
 and daughters of one of the federal generals
 They closed their doors and embraced him alowed themselves secessionists; and cut the Confederate
 buttous as keepsakes, off the slee eG ot hls coat. They asked him to implore the Confederates to fight to the death and ill the death, for that, 1T s5biugated the condition of Braz ian slaves "ou'u
 be preferable to their fate. GU can Whlp tnese Y1nkees.' they added enthusiastically. ou ,yhinne3 fhem the other day at Williamsburg; you
 can whip them everywhere but on water; retire
 from their runboats, and you will drive them back
 in rout and defeat-they feel t.' As q c0nhfnla-
 ton of this opinion of the ladies, Gen HancoeK i told one of our officers that he never sa" shch 1 hrlI;anr 6ghting as that Of the Coniederates at ! 1T;IIiamzl1[r, .Immortality,'' he said, should be inscribed upon the banners of the 5th North
 Carolina and 24th Virgiaia regiments hey f,nrht Ike heroes" interp0sed aL AqgIsh olhcef;
 l" and tbe bearing of the Confederate cag@ify was sDlendid--eo;ia to anything that erea nave eFei seen" An, yes," said Hancock, "wlth such
 infantry and cavalry. when are one people agaln'
 we can whip the word.'' Bug one people we
 never again can be-" said the Confederate. !" | suppose, doctor,'' asked Heiatzleman, "you cal the result at Williamsburg Confederate victory
 < Certainly,~how many men did your dlYiSion
 lose there?' |" About two thousand" ' At the
 smallest caIculaton then, your total loss m kiiel and wounded must have been oyer 3'oOo; you have all of our wounded twenty or thirty eAcePtei in your hands, they do not number tour huhdttd ; and the ratio in killed cannot exceed one-thIfd
 that number; your papers admit that you had '5o'- | 600 men ill action, who assailed about fEe taou- 1 sand of our retreating army; with this number
 you were beaten back with great loss; We have
 four hundred of your prisoners; and yet yoG shont- 1 eI victory, Such victories will never conquer the
 South wondei why your people cannot afford to i look facts in the face, and sometimes speak the i truth?" "Oh.'' exclaimed the frank Engllshman,
 we cannot afford to confess defeat, even n a | skirmish. The people of the North won't brook | that. Such confession would cost the best of Us
 his commission" I pity people,, responded
 the Confederate, who require such false and artl- | fcial stimulants, as would do dishonor to the | vanishing courage of Bob Acres"