, 1863-08-18
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
RUM0RS AND ASPECTS OF
THE SITUATION,
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
PHILADELPHIA, August II, 1858.
After the battle Of Charlottesville, Adiu,
tant j. E. Lee, Of the Coils Zoua7es, 114th
Pennsylvania volunteers, was, with others,
taken prisoner He has arrived In Philaael.
phia. I 1received from his own lips, to.day, q
long account Of the suffcriags Of our men
and tic indignitles heaped upon them. They
were robbed Of everything they had by the
Major In command; even IkenesEes Of the
1oved ones ut home were taken aud indisni
ties offered the pretty though harmless shad
ows Of the face divine.
Adiutant Lee, with o few fellow prisoners
succeeded In escaping. Wills rambling about
the Shenandoah mountains, they came across
several thousand rebel deserters who had en-.
trenched themselves On mountain passes, and
lad been attacked by Imboden's cayalr,
three times, but who we're rs often repa1scd
Three hundred Of Imboden's own mcr bad
deserted and joined the party.
It was stated among them that tho 1Ils5is
sippi regiments in Lees army had deserted,
and That Stuart's cavalry had recaptured
them. Quite number were killed on both
sides. An order was issued to take twelve
men from each Of the companies Of desertlng
M1Esissippiars and shoot them for example.
Whether the order was put iato effect ID
not known. Some Of the dcssrting rebels, oi
couree, will he executed.
Conscripts for Meade's army arc arriving
freely from the interior Of Pennsylvania, Ar
Engagements are being made to forward them
daily. The army of the Potomac will soon
be full, and there will be few thousand even
10 eparc. Coppc1as and ycrdfg1is orc below
par in Philadelphia.
NEW YORK, aug. 1.-THE Herald's WASH
ington dispatch says; "Affairs remain quiet
1T the front. Picket firing has ceased entirely,
and both ermies seem to have settled DOM
into q state Of lethargy; There Is no largo
mock, though q sort Of picket line has been
established from United States Ford to Aqnia,
ria HARDWOOD Church and Stafford Court
House. This line is very weak, and offers
little Or no resistance to our scouting parties.
Most Of the prisoners captured from the
enemy profess desire to take the oath Of
allegiance. They ali express themselves as
being tired OF the var, and utterly discour-
nged. The degree Of destitution In the rebal
army exceeds that Of any previous period.
No Information has been received yet indi-
eating that Lee has been reinforced to any
considerable extent A tew conscripts and
conTalescents are arriving from time to time,
but 1t is not believed tlat any portion of the
Southwestern army has Joined the forces in
Virginia.
The activity Of our cavalry scat IN pursuit
Of Mosby has checked hlE operations, aad tho
section between Washington and the army is
now comparatively free from guerillas-
4 Baltimore correspondent Of the Hsra1l
says: Ny Information, never ut fault hith-
erto, places the number Of rebel reinforce.
meuts ut $1,000, which makes Lees present
strength 5000. These wcrcal old troops.
Lee Is besides receiving some conzcripts,
which will soon swell his Numbers to 15o, 900.
The main body Of this vast army Is masaed
on the line OF the Rapidan, with Lees head.
quarters at Gosdonsville. New cavalry squad
rons are being drilled and exercised ii the
Shenandoah Valley.
It would eeeIn also that Lee Is organizing
some Few batteries Of artillery, for artillery
drills, With target practice, take PLACE daily at
tome points where these new cavalry squad.
rors aIo being exercised. The guns are brass
pieces, and II not new, arc so bright that they
look rev. There ire twelve Of these batter
les at one point in the Shenandoah valley.