New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07

Eight suffers wagons, returning from the front,
were captured to-day by Moseby and his gang thIS
side Of Fairfax COurt.Hou
Why the Rebels Think They Will Succeed
-Unwhoiesornc Observation-Disclosures
at tho Orange and Alexandria Raih
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HEADQUARTERS OF THs Army or TEE PoTosAo
Aug 4, 1908. s.
It seoms that the Wairen,on people base theM
hopes OF Rebel success very much on the fact thas
revolutions havs invariably beer successful. Thif
remark has doubtless beeE. borrowed from othef
portions Of the South, and has probably become e
oywoId IN that region. 1LeJe men, catching at
slravg forget that revolutions not successfully
they would not be revolutions at ell, but simply.
rebellious. OF these last, We have abundant casei
Of sfsilurc. Among them will shortly be their owns
Mrch dissatisfaction is expressed by the Medical
Department at the unvholesome water Of this
neghborhOod, and possibly headquarters may bd
removed elsewhere ere long. There 10 but little
water around Germantown, and hat earthly, and
conducive to darrles. 1t is the same at Warrenton
junction. No withdrawing slight Increase 10
sickness from this canse The army is very healthy
aud does not average more than seven per cent Ql
lIlyHIQs Inc plef1lllbR uslhuIce CIbIlkSo aA&S
eight nalarious fs7ers ~
The body CT an unknown man, stripped 10 big
drawers ald shirt, was found along the railroaa.
track }ee,e.day afternoon abolt two miles abovg
Werrenton Junction. He was ford and stouey
frou IS to 40 years CT age aud sppsafed to %
Northern lie seemed 70 have died from sunstrokei
"a 10 marks Of yio ,nce upon hin. Ills cloteee
were supposed TO have been taken and appropriated
ty come colder VINO wished to 9esert. Vie wsq
buried by oIGer Of Gen. Patrick, Proyost-As rsPaN
Of the Army.
Discomfort is expressed at The Glow notion Of ~
cars upoa the Oran,.s aud Alexandra Railroad. ~
renuires four hours u 20 from WarreIton Junctio4
10 Alexandria, G. distance Of forty 'nies. Ids may
be partly on account OF waiting Tor DOWN tTsin1
oaded with freight--but, coming Tbs way there "a
Int half an hols's Improvement. Tie rsilS in some
localities are warped by heat, bur notTithsAhoin8
this. better tue could be made. The road was my
ished about the year 1880 to GoTdonsville, ana da
fair amount Of business before tie war, but II pso
no dividends. /. yGonld be r cueious Slave-otS,e
railroad 20 pay dividend One cause Of this faip
IRE was the appropriation OIL reoeiris 10 an extens
SION Of tue road TO l.yDchburg. Like all 'lrgina
enterprises Of that kind the 81 ate TOOK nflba
Of the stock leaving little .or subscription from pr
vote sources. As nigh have been expected the ins
habi,auis along the route Were perfectly apsthetld
ou It's projection md could not be made 10 see ito
advantages. We have Instances OF that nearef
homo, especially ia new-Jersey. La connection
with the a5oyo restrictions, i; will he proper ID
state that IL. railroad commune Ia not at pres.
,ut. us lsreiolo.e, unies The supervision Of Gem
Ip.ols, Quartz master OK the Array but under Itat
Of ciyl appon,ees. Under Gen. lngalls, the sefs
vice was carried on with grea. p.eeision and dist
pateh TIE managers fog the tire being have thei1
abora much neltni.e y contradictory, aud ofteA
us Gloss orders ION different arrly officials. y
4 letteT-wr..ar IL New cra paper taxes excepf
ton p, remarks made by ne II regard 20 the low
prccs paid TO spies and scouts by the secret sorvcA
bureau Of the AMY. lie eplarges on the extrema
= mo fvrag1 and efgtC, that much al
5000 had been paid for single item. Nobody
DOUBTS bat tnAt the Deputy Provost Marshal, Wig
has charge Of THE service, Is possessed oil aeumsn
bc. the fat exits that Lee escaped us, and th2y
good spies would have ascertainod, from mfaihoiS
Indications or the afternoon before his passage oS
the Potomac that bis army wss to cgoss during toe
night Mrcn OF his artillery was doubtless then
sent "a also the forage and mess wagons. speedy
information could have been given, n-arca dufr
inz the ni-ht made ara NJ attack ensued ct days
ynt upon his .ear, which was no, entirely acrose
until III tie morning. There are Nhnyready-"l'S
tsl men, Le,dloas OF danger, who would have uis
dsrtsken 10 give timely and trustworthy ioIorma'
ton If proper sun had been offered, ana IaVe IN.
peculiar pleasure IN the excitement ana credis
Of tho erpilse Sufficient pains has not been taS
ken 10 ind sucl men. Five thousand doilars y
la, !si es q mgSnidcen, sum for service OK great
risk. /. 1000 had been divided among, thwY
successful men on the above duty IL wouio nave
teen cheap 70 the Government.
iee'sesclpc was doubtless however, providentlais
Providence does not perhaps intend tuis war TO clofe
until a., tLs Rebel States have been practically freed
fom Slavery by the irroad u our armies. TIE two
Carohuss Georgia, aud Southwestern Nireiniaf
are set, 10 great extent, intact, and the rascai,x
institution 10, r.1h, there as Of Old. Upon proposa4
OF leace political rcPues might endeavor TO rendef
ysld the President frocGmaon in regard TO localA
tiles hero Slavery sill exists. BY practically deg
mora ilng IL Gi chance v. suceess with iuch Efforts
viii he destroyed.
Gen stonemsu commanding General OF mo
cavalry vi he army, aud heal OF the new cavalry
Bureau al Washington, Is here, suggesting REFORM
and peraclnI the organization OF that orancn Oh tuS
service cen. Stoacmgp possessesau origipai minuI
and a thorough knowledge OF all details regarding
cavalry. H. capacity for command Is acknowl1
sTc,d by every officer aud regret Is expressed tha9
he viii not be IN the field Ms celebrated raid wsS
DELAYED ten days last April by tremendous hcodsS
otherwise the results would Lave been inmenss
lis matter of question what go much cavalry
are doing in and around Washington. lhere arg
3 500 men; one thousand more than the whole cav<
alry force Of the army before the war. iney can
beisr defend Washington by being with the,r conn
radas IN The field gaining experience ana renewing
,bem from their iucessaDt and arduous duIles. =
Lieut. col. Alexander Of Gen. Stoneman stan
took q marty os four hundred men the night before
lar ON a reconrolssance toward Falmouth. Reporta
Lod cr,tve1 nj The enemys cavalry scouting In tha&
cihorhooi. Iient. Col. Alexander after diif
oe,t search and inquiry does not find more thau
sysnty Rebels tais SIDE OF TIC Rappabahn9ek,. 4, B
gl.;oieing Gu tao Paoihe.