New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-29

into tLo James. whence it is borne from The
,.h,,e Amid all THE natural beauty there ID "a
s.uso of desoation. When the advance OF
ra sni,h's division reached Warwick, He
-, village OF the plain was deserted No
=, la,,al glaaaiors emanaied from the so'itsry
Con,t.Uou,e: tho sheet-iron plated door oil Ihe
C,a.Ls ofee was bol.ed fast; the solitary store bad
No sion ont. from the dingy dwelling there was no
voice; and even the Jail looked more gloomy from
tho obsence OF all life. All was silent. The goods
!, tho store were there the books and records were
in the Clerks Office an1 the judicial chair still re-
maiped on the dais. But no living thing-no, not
even a mouse-- was visible visited the place two
or three days from that time, and all was ACTIVITY
and hustle. The store had been converted into a
hospital, the Court House into commssary depot,
the Jail into q guard-house and the "oilce and
ds cling as temporary places of detention for Rebel
prisoners. Then learned from an old white man
who resided on an adjoining plantation that the
flight of the "Secesh" was unexpected sudden, and
complete. "Bily B. Jones," the Rebel County
Clerk, was in the Rebel army as were most all per-
sons Of any consequence in this region. lie snd the
plantations had been neglected, as every man DO
could he of possible use was hurried away IN the
general current. OF the Rebel forlhcalions ahead,
LIE said they had been in process of consrucon orev
u near: that Manassas was all a sham to blind
I the eyes of the Yankees; and that this army would
encounter serous difficulties ereit reached Richmond
lie continued by stating that the Rebels IN the bar
racks at Young, Mills lived well during the Winter
They got from Smilhield and the adjoining towns on
the opposte shore Of the James River, AL KINDS o
provisions and enjoy ed even the decaeies iuTnsheo
by this section. They anticipated the arrival o
some Union troops, but not so large an army, 'hd
thew did not expect them soon. lie said tie best
soldiers on the South composed the Confederate army
Of the Potomac, and that they expected to give he
Yankees a second Manassas. When asked hif opln
ion Of the result this man shook his head-he would
not say.
or the oreraons in front you ore daily advised by
telegraph; but then there are many points which
can onlv be known those engaged and some thlng'
never will be known, save as some father or mother
or WIFE, or children hear the news in private letter
There il mine Of ki3leu news, an VRfercVrreHt Of
items connected with snch great operations, that VIII
hardly ever be known saye TO those directly par
tcirating. II q man il killed in New-iork, each
morning paper will give lis version Of the @iair
and all the accounts will differ materially from each
other. But many man will here dieior his country
and no record he made. In the darkness OF the night
or in the brightness Of MONDAY the bullet nay come
The Rebel pickc,s are abs5luteIy onirderrrs. They
lie in wait behind trees, and Union picket make
his appearance they ,end their deadly missiles a
him. II an srm is broken, a leg, 81 II death II
caused outright there ID end Of it. " "iie was Mot
bys Iickot ("