New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-15
RUNORs FROM RICHMOND.
The Camps Around Richncrd 80 specrinii"ns
upon the 5Io,cnenfs Of Gen. Lees Army
Tuo vrssIons of War-rropos~d A'tnrs ~
Land and sea upon Neutrality-suspicious. the
From 81 Occasional Core,ronden'.
WARRINGTON Sept l3 lrsi
Slaves.

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WASHINGTON Sept 10. lso5.
The arrivals Of companies and regiments by
railroad for the last fortnight have been 30 regeen;
that the country around Richmond has assumed. an
told the aspect Of ayng camp filing mp day and
ep;ying the next but always f Of activity and bus
ness Some Of these regiments looked 40 II they were
mostly composed Of recruits while the bronzcd faces Of
others showed them o. be veteran soldiers eluIce 10 TIE
hardship. Of military life. The camps Of the Rebels
being surrounded by picke;s it was difficult 70 obtain
informa,ion as 10 their ectual positions.
Nv informant tells me that meeting two soldiers who
were going to town on a9 errand 10 received for q.
swer 10 his questions flat they belonged 70 Col Os
bornes regimen, from the West that they had fought
under Gen Johnston e1d were going aeh, under
Gen Lee. They seemed much pleased with the change,
for they said the discipline under Johnston very
severe that the rnions better in The East than ia
TIE West, and The chances of getting glass Of whsk!
low ana then r greater This Is about al tie !nforma.
lion they could give to my informant.
From this i would seem if Gen. Lees army has
been OF l. to be ieenforced with the fragments OF the
routed PeDel ann irg@ ~ Wc'l-thql realizing the
plan of great concentration Of e.l lhe hc .Vioes o1
6Ae point with view Of striking great blow on '~e
Potomac and perhaps Of occupying Washington. This
revision Of Gen. Lees ilac, though the most popular
among the kichm.d People whose vanity II eonsidera
.- fatteied by ie prospect Of taking Washington ana
host.ug the siars and bars the Capitol is not how
ever. the only one prevalent in Richmond
There j. a class of wclinformed people inclined 10
the belief that the purpose Of the military movements
now going on is not the strengthening Of Gen. Lees
army but the partition Of the Confederate forces be
tween three Satcs-South Carolina, Georgia, and VIZ
ginia abandoning for the present Texas Arkansas'
Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama, which would be
thus left 10 Themselves BY this plan 1t Is supposed thnt
the Conicdcraies would place the three'yehr ,h'oh
armies upon a narrower circle. ana, having ieSS 10
defend would be strong now, on smaller compass
AZ tey were 1t the beginning Of the war on larger
one In this piojec, the would be merely defensive
and all intention Of an Invasion on larger scilc
given Up
The greatest secresy being observed as regards the
military movements of the Rebel armies II wond De
difficult think TO ascertain the exact truth between
There two versions both of which may have been Sug
cested az we by the necessities of The position heid by
The Rebels as W knowledge of the intentions oi 'hc
Rebel Government on ihai subject. infr 'Aat All
opinions ON Gen. Lees movement must necessarily Dc
nccrtnin and hazardous aad ought TO be received Win
Crca. deal of reserve.
As have said before the most prr'''"' "P'""' ga
Richmond is that Gen. Lee IL 10 march at the mead %
one hundred thousand (portioDs OF whom nave Deeh
taken it Is said i.om Brnggs and Johnston arineh|
upon Washington and If that city is too strongly de-
Tended upon Maryland II is said also that the maich
would have acty begun had II not been that the TWO
iron .clads building in England are not YET ready
There H. "a rumOr which attributes to Gen. Lee an III
teufiOn Of making Simultaneous attack by and ana
.ea mon The Federal capital and he Is represented as
st entertaining the hope Of doing 50 before winter
sc,s in My informant tells me that whether the En-
ci. ironcads come or not the idea Of the Rebel Gov
erpncut IA TO make combined attack by land and sea
, .o,e mint with the feet which is now gathering at
Wilmington.
The military operations Of the last fortnight nave no.
bccn favorable to the PRONUNCIATION Of the H"'io"a
measure wh. was TO declare the aIIning ana ei"nnc'
nation Of 400 900 blacks and incorporate them III 'e
ranks of the Rebel army 1t seems that The oo''iH
ment is not yc, quite ready to handle this delicate queS
ton. Iprefcr 10 leave it TO the States which arc sup