The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-06-04
Rifhmon1 qispatfEl.
WEDNESDAY mUkniN1 JuNE4 1904
FROM TIE SOUTHWEST,
FROM OUR ARMY coRsE.PoyD2Nrl

[FRoM OUR ARMY c0RREsP0:D.ET J
CoAINrE. Miss =, Nag 2t 1861
Life ia the Amy OF ths MissisAirpi Is Ike
the ooys game Of "seesaW" ROW yea 60 up
to the seventh heavsn If expectation On I'll.
end Of come imaginary contingency. aEd now
you come down to mother esrth. win some
thumItng disappointment. Such bus been
the perience Of the last forty.eiah. hours.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, every
body talked "aght," from the Generals down
to camp cooks. Every hing indicated fight
from the ndividual preparing his five days
rations to tha mass already In motion, and a
prophet might have stfked HIS reputation
upon the p. obatilfsy. Yet. here we are at
the end Of the week-nobody hurti Haileck
quietly Ia hia nest, we in our quarters, the
rain coming dreariiy down, mud four inches
deep, roads 1mpassable, and u battle, to all
appearance. as remote as ever
Ths fact Hsilack IL d.sinelined To night.
kvsry offer Of battle we have In ade--and they
have not been few-he as pertinac l. usIy re.
fused. Perhaps he Is no: ready. IL 50, his
very lack OF readiness shows his " weakness.
Perhaps he 10 waiting rein nforcemsnts. Then
he shows proper app scfation Of Southern
proWess. Perhaps, and this ia doubtless the
true cause Of his delay, he is fortifying him.
self to Ereven his total rout aud annihiia;ien IL.
wise precauti0u, Like Raglan and Peiis.
sisr before Sibastopoi. lie Is coming AZ us By
a series of regular approaches. When he getA
sufficiently near. first he Will let fl J his long.
range guns, shoot shells over the tree tops,
and "b- NIB" US out. This doLe, bis cohorts
Will Issue from their dens ard e.orm or
II r. vi
Ct war. Strange to cay, nobody ye. fsars him,
and uha. may DO stranger suil to him, he
may possibly ii I'D ,hs recoil so much stronger
than ths first report that he will ny the
track" Our Generals are not idle Eyes
are watching every Federal movement. ana
reports come from the other side of the lines
with on even regularity.
We know, for. r.ns.ance. that Gen. $igei hs :
jas, landed at Pi.tstnrg with twenty chou.
sand troops; that stargszEg Eitchali IL 90
his way. and that other rsinforceneuA will
augment the Federal army 20 strength Of
about ninety thousand. More mea than ,h..
l do no. believe they car muster into services
and If these stay wn nere they ara ten day. long
er, fifteen thousand sick will Ia suhtrao.ed
from the shove sum total
The health Of our army IS, on the contrary,
improving. Wel's lately bored are u u2piyip Z
pure water, vegetables are beginning to come
In from the surrounding cities, al with IN .se
changes in the dieteic, coTTespon dii changes
ere manifest In the physical Condition CT the
troops.
The Northern jcnrcals, by lie way, sst oar
strength down ct TIVE hu ndred TIC usaud Ia au .
Prisoners coroar In this statement, and sny
that T. similar belief prevails Throughout: the
Northern army. deEoe au indisp: :s.tion on
the part OF the men TO cros= III ms with as
Another iii BIT OF intelligence We have is,
that loT two days iha Fed&rals have lain on
their aims expsotiEg al attack fTcnl VI De-
| sersers from tie army conveyed reformation
Of certain movements which apprrently led
TO this belief. tn: ths fIct that snch ,.cIr
| sire lion did not take place shows that desert.
| srs as Well as newspaper correspondents are
liatis 10 bs mistaken.
a very considerable mum Der OF oesertioA 5
have taken place within the last two mon tbs,
but fortunately nnt to the saemy's lines
The rensg ades consist IL oetiy OF Tenns, sssans
who ars separated igom thsir families, or
those whose terms OF service have expired.
and who nave heen forced 10 Continue IL the
| army. Many OF these nave bsen TelaEen.
A singular rscapsurs wss made on Thur.
| day night A msn ran through our iirss,
| but not Eaowiug tina country, unwi,:ingly
returned again, aLd va haiisd by the piess.
on duiy.
"Uh, you needn't bs afraid o! me-" y. IS the
response I'm as good a Fsdaralas you are. >,
What sTe you doing here?" stid the seu I.
tins.
"im q dessTter from me Southern army.
and have coma ovsr hare to give you .oma
inform alton"
"Whs. Is pa
"Tsli, the Con.stsgates ara Preparing 10
| whipyou like h-Ii, and your Generals ough.
| to know IT." And he proceeded TO give some
other faots, which need not be mentioned.
81 reckon you've got i'll ths wrong box,
| said the picket. Il am a Confederate sol.
disT. and these are ths Confederate lines
You are my prisoner"
| Calling the Officer OF the gard, he IL an
| was delivered up. and the nsxs day con seo
| his crime to Gen. Jackson, saying that his
| heart was not in the work, tha. he was az
Ep giishnis 4 hy birth, and started 20 desert Il
! the er sUy for The purpose OF telling IL sm al
| be knew. Oa the strength OF this infoYTaa.
| ton, Jackson dispensed with the foIrnalit.es
| o! q 90 art. Martial, and ordered ghs man ou
| TO os shot, which was done without csrsmo.
| ny. l saw another shot the cay previous
| COZ siciso OF beir G spy. soch things, how.
| ever, have become Com or In ins army, and
| draw only suca crowd as may happen tc
| b within hearing dirtancs.
The last Information ~ haad eorrobo
| rates ali We have received frcm the feds
rails for the last ten days. They ara cen
| censrating troops heavily on our right anC
bringing for ward their masses from the rlysr
| Probably lhsir base Of opsy yatlons is Pet
Ridge, slight elevation abJus tea miles d.a
sant. Gn this nav be e.ectsi thsir sronses
| works, 70 hich those Immediately In from
/ are mere covers. Tasir Te3r division on Ia
| centre Is 81 Monterey, while Popa en- LLs ge.;
| ard Metlera2ad Oh the night, have move,
| neavy Portions OF sasir Commands 10 eios
| proximity with cur Inca.
tkirmishirE sssTy day. sfsa t:eIueD -
| killed And woIadso- Arui!sFy yr1cs.cs se
l tween r.eksts about I'd Zee ;.rnss a week. Fiv
| Tedsrals captured yesterday win COW bell
| upon them, their osi scI being 20 dein1s gu
| picksts with the idea that they were animais
| which Is not FAR from ths trute.
uczL Qc'Cs
THa flxaPoISp DiveEcx LsN,-Tns Divers
law, separating 'srebsis'' from their wives, /