The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-01-28

fHU6nkcS VI Ink wan.
r.om Unitsd States pApsss, Of III e3I Inst. We
make up summary os the moro lossrsrias news
contained In them:
TEE plsc0ar8Rr IN THE YANKgI ARHy-A CON
rABY THRkArEaHD TO BE SHOT DOWN- Tht
ACCURATE lhvORnATaOR OF the KARALs
A eOersspendsnt cf the Kew York >ibxxs
w.itias from he len grand divisioa sf Busnsiass
army On the sosh. sys Tia. two days before that
throughoas tbs entire army there were tho Eoa'
unmistakabas sigss Of an imnsAiass intention to
fact commenced and ths pontoon train had started
fse It's desstnA.iou. He adds:
The psellminary orders hsd ell been faued; the
csge0nk had besn th.oagsd b. the timor0uG. sud-
denly ssissd with naaasisM and indescribabls
diseases. while Others were animated With tho ex-
citsrosnt q IN Impending bstus. Sin . 1hcn the
movement has bsen twice postponed for - hours.
and there Il now sospteion that Il may b stlil
further Asiaysd-psrhsps indefinitely. Our own
opinion N that the excessively cold weather, which
saddsniy ses IN lost .. The movement va y com.
msncs, has ocoasiooed the delay. slight wound
| ON such days a. We have seen would ssriousiy
endangsr life, and mercy to the army demanded
that battle should mot be offered at such
have exhibited too much knowlsdgs Ct what WAS
| In progress. have shown By counter movements
that our plans would probably have proved unsuo.
| cessful There n probably NO point available for
rins ptss, or loop-ho,sd block houses. Several Of
| 0ssra who were yesteedsy rseonnoitering the
solfee = - fl.s.s f..eie& Aasy - aIsssssssd .
| quiet sPst s.,taa6 q. : 49, allsn n "a !.
horses In the woods they dfuppsd down to the
bottom lands thfsugh Which theraver courses. kn4
scrutinixing the sssludsd locality, were able 70
discover any signs Of rids i1 or rebels Present
l fs,h 0ra
from behind . grass grown embankment, which
proved 10 have been converted Into defence
against the crossing Of ths river. We may look
for Q warm reception from the shArpsh0oters when
ever and wherever the operations Of tie bridge.
builders are commenced.
There ham1nnp much given to the public Of late
ssieal.,. cal n,S the good opinion IN Which
held. Those who have been Tscsntly exaggefat-
Ing tho discomfort AID encouragement Of the sol-
disrs, viii ssis With ayid.iy upon the fast Of the
recent uutiny Of German battery, to confirm
she!r hixh-ooiored reports Such stories do great
Injustice to tho army aud injury to the service.
Nothing like what they have represented In reality
exisss. II ID true that prolonged nefiod Of inao
tivity. during which the men 1Avo been unpaid,
and unable to parchase anything for themselves
or send money to their families. has oecasioned
many Eaurmuriogs aud complaints, yet nothing
iike disioyslty o. insuboa d;nntion can with any
truth bs s4id to pervade tie army.
VIXEN We lately returned 10 the amy haviog
been several weeks absent, there had apparently
arsen q change In the morale Of the mea whom
We had believed, im3ediasely after the battle of
fredericksburg, ta have been In excellent spirits.
A more extended observation has produced the
conviction that the Giscontent whsre it does exist,
IL not Ct ktad to give serious causs for apiSe-
henson. and that The existence OF this demorallxs
tion Ii by no meana ,aeraL Perhaps visit frem
the Paymsst-r-perhaps q good day 8 ma CD
would clear the atmosphere from the slightest sgns
of discomfort.
The rseens mutlny, of which there sre many Va
IL
camp, was simply and wholly tits COMPANY O.
Of the Nav York Artillery Battalion informed their
sergeant shat they woald not turn out TO fight
Unit! they were paid The sergssn: told the
Lieutenant, the Lieutenant told the @Adjutant
General who in turn told Gen Hayes. Tie Gen
e<sl Immediately ordered that unless they should
eonsans to turn out tbs company should be ghot
down. This morning, accordingly, Captain Ora
ham had ready section OF IL battery, aud Il WIS
arranged that thu Af llans General should address
then, ia aerraan preparatory 20 executing the
threat The company hearing Of II quietly com.
nlnnicstsd to their Sergeant, snd hs to Lila Leu
tenant, and be again to The Adjutant General and
finally TO General has 3D. that lnsY would obsy CT
ders without any hesitaiio.i Tbs status qso wss
ac, ordicgly restored, and Battery q. Kew York
Battalion, Ia As loyal as ever. the Psymaster hay
Ing sinee arrived ard snp. .lsd them with thsr full
a. cars Ia gresa bacAs.
WHY THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC SHOULD FALL
undsr tho ssove caption, VIC find the following In
the New Yo-k Post:
Wasle our amy on the Rarpahennock les iile
cf prepares - move ln q direction VII Oh actually
i.cresaes its distance La time ftsm the army In Ten
nessse and t.us, at every mile Of progress. makes
il sess and tesd oasy to send reinf0rcements from
the EaAt TO Eosacrans. ths public ls naturally un-
easy at the reports which cuma from tie West Of
reiusoreements going down to tie rebels from Vir
giniA 1t Ii probably true tha: Les is sending
tn he ahxsrA ha rio
In Small aud the object he may hope to gain b i'm
port.ni. With twenty thousand good man he can
dispute the advance Of oar army from the Kappa
hammock; gach a General as Jac xson-tanacious
ds-lng, aRd determine d-conid increase the natural
oih1cuities OF tho country between Fredericksburg
and Richmond DO estiy that at every water-coufss
We should be delayed; AID the rebel army Of Ten
neSsee. strengthened by the bulk Of Less q, my
would have abundant time to fail upsn Rosscrans
aud Grant and destroy them before our Eastern
forces cou:d re aah tho rebel capital
And even If, In such ease, We got TO Richmond
what thsna Would taat mako up to VI the loss oil
Tennessee the defeat Of our armies there Surely
not
We hold. then, that tho rumored dsteru inatloa
CT Cen Hal eek to send large part Of the Poto-
mac ARMY To the West Is Q sig that he wisely ap.
p-ecIates our dangers and IN sux TO meet the enc
my whsre he caa have him At the gfeAteys adyan
tage " ith $1,000 men Left 70 dsfend Washington
snd guard the limo Of tho Potomac, and NO further
attempts at CT ,nslve movements In Virgins, We
would quickly concentrate such Q force under Rose
ceans and other Generals In the West ~ would
safcs to open the Mississippi and to march An a.
my iato the cotton States. Then Richmond would
fall of Itself.
THE COsrA6IOk OF SECESSION.
The Few York Tribune, Of Friday last, has
qti:s lengthy editorial. under the caption "Ths
"ContagIon Of Secession" l.. shows that tho
North Is no longer unit ON the "orushIas out"
ssstion. and ii, 1t the physic IL working too well
for old vi ise-coated Greeley 70 ttop It The 7,i.
buae says:
We are beginning 70 feel the effects Of wofnl ex.
ample The dlaboiieal spirit Of rebellion not only
encou nters 10 In the 6sid but IL has entarsd our
esislA,i 70 chambers and under the mAiien prompt
r g. of the Democratic party, bent upon rule Of
ruin, il 10 tamperinG with the popular l0yalty4
0ns year ago men only murmured treason; but
success has opened their mouths and 6lled their
hearts with abomlnabie political devices. We are
sbe Union ea1se thus far u that Of the New York
5tste election. Nobody believes Hofatio Seymour
to be friendly to tho Admlnistration or to foo any
honest sSmpatty with it, smhnxrammentD-yst be
II eiectsd 0overnof. The mob IA Albany has given
IA bitter forstasts OF p.ssibis anarchy From the
West wa hear of scheloeS designed by the de1per-
ata and disafscted-cSuspfracies teadlng to
frAsh ruptates aud the final overthrow Of the Re-
pu3iis Wicked men, even st the North are
openly eld shamelsssly TO daily
with disunon, and propose, since disi0catiuu has
our institutions All thsE Il terrible We can bet
tsr afford TO lose ~ lights thau thus 70 weaken
the morality of our cause. We can bettsr afford
to subIait to iavaaiOo than thus to mako d.Aute.