The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-17
PROGRESS OF the. WAR.
BuaSsrDE's rArH MARKED OUT.

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!: WIN be upon ground chosen BY ths Consedseatss.
Their eoinwuDicaticns with Richmond ere an opeo.
and they posssss facilities Of transportation That
wiz enable them 20 avoid batsl~ II they choose
10 retreat. Where they 60, Gen. Burnside must
follow. II they mass their armies behind the for.
u6ca!ions Of the rebel capital they must be attack
ed end beaten there. II Gen Burnaide 10 ineom.
petent to perform this feat, hs Will be rsmoved -
The work of decapitation il 10 contlnus untiI II.
man be found who can reduce ths rebel stronehold
without engineering or ditch deeips, or the erec-
lion OF batteries, or planting Of cannon, but by
simply throwing our soldiers against the enemy 9
wo,ks Muitary science and experience are Alto.
gether too slow for the impatisnce OF the Admins.
traIioa and the peril surrounding It, Besides, 1T
Is NOT education or experience that makes Gsns.
rals They are born, not made" They have
denied TO others. President Lincoln II 0eneral.
soort time since he gave Mcclellan the benefit
OF his counsel a. tacticlan, and vi shiu dav or
Two has volunteered the sams advice 70 Burnside.
Witness.
1T Ia understood that the President has fur
Msned copy OF his letter TO General Mcclellan
and on which Mcclellan failed to aet--to General
6urns,d9. Tor the consideration and guidance OF
than officer The President has also read this let.
.er 20 Various parties. and 1t will doubt be given
Mr; Lincoln In the esteem Of all thoughtful men,
and VIII show conclusively thas he has not been
eonte nt with the nominal position of Commander.
N Ghiel out has studied tha great principles un.
The New York Times is responsible for the
ABOVE. IL 8 not burlesQus, but truth. The
substance Of that letter was to advise Nof!ellsn
OF the necessity oz pushing his army southwark -
Ths same order has been givea to Burnside. and
ii ne does not obey II, OF goes his head. Ii he
Goes obey it, then there is lust one thing that
can save the Army Of the Potomac from dsfest-
rnat VIII be the overwhelming confidence Of
Lee, when he knows that Mcclellan is no longer
opposed to him. This may lead him to give battle
upon equai terms We should have but little doubt
tn that case that the generalship of Burnside and
the vaicr OF cur troops would carry the old fax
safely through But we have seen that there is no
necessity Of Lees doing this. II he can draw our
srny after him to Richmond he will be content to
let II waste itssh away In the fruless sndeavor 10
Keep open its communication with Washington II
Burnside penetrated to Richmond and maintained
himself there for month an expedition by way
OF the peninsula may be sent to hs relief but With
out this the attempt to carry the rebel capital by
the present Army Of the Potomac will only end ia
defeat and disaster. If 1t does thus end the Gene
sM commanding will not &c responsible. 1t will be
the Admi ministrstioa which has compelled the move.
nans If an eS pedition shall bs sent by way Of
the Peninsula the judgment of Mcclellan viii be
RESISTING THE DRAFT IN WISCONSIN,.
The Chicago Times, speaking of the resistance
to the execution Of the draft shown by the people
in Some parts of Wisconsin,, says:
we ucttOie, VI ccuEse, tQo violent resistance to
tie draft IN two or three localities In Wisconsin
1t II al invasion of law and order and an assault
upon the authority of :he Government which can.
not be justified or tolerated. and which must bs ad.
equStely punished.
But in inhictin8 punishment, the example which
the executive legislative and judicial branches Of
tie State Government of Wisconsin have hereto.
fore set OF contempt of and disobedence to law
should be taken into consideration. The State of
wisconsin Is in rebellion to day against the Fede.
Cave Iooia ialoAsxy
dcal proceeding gs. It has existing laws nuliifyipg
acts OF Coz SIS, sud uureversed decision OF its
Supreme court denying the authority of judg.
ments of the Supreme CouIt of the Or tied States
These laws and this decision were Rotol ious!y
made for the protection of parties who had resisted
the Federal authority by mob violence.
We should naturally look to Wisconsin for vio
lent res stance to the Grsft. 1t would be extraor.
ainary ii ia State which hes iacuicated snch les.
sons 10 its psope of dsobsdieIce al Wisconsin has
the draft should not be violently resist.
ed. The only wonder is that the res ,tauce has not
been mora wide spread and formidable.
We repsat, the guilty parties must be punished
bat fer more Ealutary VIC u!d be the punishment OF
those other paT:iss--thoss leaders Of q political
party-wno have for years held the State In an At.
Iisude Of rebellion to :he s1preme authority cf the
Constitution os the United States.
A sEcEsa CAPTAIN IN DUatss "A DOUBTFUL Gus.
TONER.
item. as he considers it, 10 tho following:
On Saturday las. Admiral Gregory, of the q. 8.
nasy, presented himself al the Office Of the o. o.
Marshal Aurray accompanied by tall, well-buit,
dark kcomp pls1ioned, somewhat repulsive-featur
bat very polite gentleman, whom he introduced to
he Marshal ss Job @. Rich, who claimed to be q
Captain in the Confederate army, and desired pass
INTO the land of Secessis. The gentleman wore an
,vercost which the Admiral, without saying "by
your leave, slr " unbuttoned. and displayed TO the
u Msrshal's gaze the uniform # Confederate Cap.
tan the best proof In the absence of his comms.
sioa Of the gsnuineness of his friends claim
Admiral Gregory then went on TO state that
he fonnd himself unwittingly placed In 9 very
unpleasant and delicate position with regard
10 Captain Rich, and hs thought his duty
TO the Government demanded that he should Law
TIE case before the United States Marshal and
leave him to Dc al with it he should think best,
or az he might be instructed by the Government
Tbs facts were these: At the breaking out CT the
Marines in the United States Navy, and wss sta.
toned On beard the "a gun ship Pennsylvania. At
the Gosport Navy 7 ard, Norfolk, Va. He had for
several years previous to that been an intimate
friend Of Admiral Gregory, WHO, when be was sta
tened on the coast Of Africa appointed him ons of
his staff officers. Among the many resgnaticrs Of
officers in the U. 3. Navy, st the commencement of
the rebellion, ne did not recollect of seeing Capt.
Rich's name but the Captain now informed him
that his resignation was rendered in cue FORM but
had probably been burnt up with the Pennsylva-
nia, which was soon after destroyed by the rebels
at the time of the burning Of the Gosport Navy.
Yard. The Admiral said be had never been able to
ascertain what had become OF his friend Captain
Rich and had supposed him long since dead,
until about two months ago when, to his
surprise, the Captain called upon him here
in New York end stated that he was Captain In
.he Confederate army, had been taken prisoner at
70 bs excaar gsd, aad that while there he received
A letter frcm bis father. who is farmer in New
Hampshire informing hin: that his mother lay ct
tie point of death, and implOrirg him. her only
son. to hasten home that she might look upon his
'sce once lgain ere she pc ssed into eternity. On
-epre ssntin the facts to the Government officers
1t Fortress Nonrce, he was permitted to come
North on bis parole, and Yves then ON his way to
New Hampshire.
The Admits heard and credited his story--for he
had no ressm then to DOUBT it-entered VITA him
INTO "reminiscences Of the past. gave him s1ne pa.
rio,ie and fstherly counsel, rebuked him for his
rgrstisude to the aOyerument In turning against
ler in her horr of trial, and dismissed him to pur
sue his journey to the bedside Ct his d. ing mother
Two months pass away and ths Captain again
.slls upon the Commodore and announces that he
on his return to his rebel masters. The Admi.
al did not say that during these two months he
lad come 10 doubt the truth Of his friends state
nents but he did say that he could not consent
hat his loyalty and duty to the Government
hould by any possibility be compromised by
having it shown hereafter that he had held friend
? interviews with loving rebel Captains on their
,are statement that they were paroled prisoners
u war "How do know" said he (sddresai
he Csp.aln,) ''bus what you are here to obtain
Information for the enemy-visting our navy.
7srds inspecting our gunboats, ascertaining our
orosss Yeu say you are here on parole, you
having taken an oath, but you once took aoo.
her oath" (The iebel Captsin WINGED and
,is ,,ps qulyered at these home thrusts from his
I'D commander, bat hs made no reply) "This"
continued the Admiral ID the most painful oct
" my life; wish TO God. ~ told the Captain
his morning, that he never had csme near me;
,ut since Gs has seen ct TO place me In this deli