The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-14

"a. THURSDAY NORM
policy of the public servants 81 the people, by
which policy it was ALLEGED that the welfare
! Of the country was not pro0oeed. 1t was ar
: appeal to the people to charge that policy, mo-
| by force, but by the slsction6at the ballot box
| It IL not pretended that ce1nselled disobedi
ence to the Constitutions, or resistance to Law
or lawful authority. baveneysr done this.
l have nothing further % tubmt.
May z, 1868. C.. l.. VALLANDI6HAM.
The Judge Advocate simply remarked that
the accused had the privilsee Of counsel and
| of witnesses. II did not bsoome him to enter
into any discussion as to the Jurisdiction of the
court. That the case had beam referred to il
was sufficient.
GRAND REcRos.INs OF rms rsDERAL ARMY
ANOTHER ADyAnCn.
To show what barsfacsd Hes the Yankee
press resort to to keep up The spirits Of tha
Yankee people, we give the following, from
the Philadelphia Press, Of the llth. 1t Ia
from dispatch dated at Washington on the
10th:
During Wednesday and Thursday General
Hooker detailed several rea4ments to gather
up the wounded and bury thedead left ON the
south bank of the river. Those men were re-.
lieved continually, and thaswork proceeded
without intermission. The nmber Of rebels
found unburied was very i9e, and it is be-
iieyed that no effort was ~ the enemy
to bury his brave men slaughtered BY our af.
tillery during the five days battles at Chancel.
lorsville. Fortunately, the weather was cool,
preventing physical decay, and the rain served
as balm to ease the wounded from some of
their suffering The fact that the nv had
left thus suddenly confirmed Gen. Hooker in
the belief that the rebels had been very much
cut up, and that they contemplated a re-
treat if that course. was found practica.
BILE. Accordingly, on Thursday afternoon,
eral Hooker ordered forward across the
river the lst and 5th Corps GArmee, under
General Sedgwick. Owing to the horrible
condition of the roads but little progress was
made, and General Hooker, on Friday, direct
ed his attention to the crossing of the whole
army at Banks and United States fords. Dur
ing the day positions for each corps were de-
eignated, and General Hooker was busy in
giving instructions to his various Generals con-
corning his proposed pursuit and capture of
Gen. Lee's army.
Yesterday Genl Pleasanton's cavalry cross
ed the river and proceeded Immediately to the
front for the purpose of accommodating the
enemy's position Two hours ride brought
them to our old position about Charlottesville.
In this neighborhOOd no rebels were discover
ed except killed and wounded These were
disposed of properly as rapidly as possible. A
considerable number of stragglers and skulk-
er5 from the rebel army, and some of our own
men, came into our lines yesterday and gave
themselves up The former protest that they
have no feeling in the war, and are willing to
take the oath and become good citizens of the
tod Sfnt nE .o1
umns of rebels retreating panic. stricken and
in confusion on Wednesday night through the
terrible rain storm. These are strange rebels;
they fight like veterans but behave like sheep
when captured
Where Hare tie Rebels Gone This ques-
ton is going around unanswered in the hotels
to-day. 1t is the opinion of the military men
that they have fallen back 10 two columns
one towards Richmond and another toward
GOrdOnsville-in the hope Of concentrating
with Longstreet's forces in front of Richmond,
once more to give us battle.
The nsxt engagement will take placs most
probably on or near the Upper Pamunkey
river, whittier General Hooker is moving az
rapidly as possible. Many maintain that the
James river will be the next line that the
rebels will defend. TDis may or may not be
secure, as Generals Peck, Keyes, and Naglee,
may decide.
most abject of liars, has to confess that the
above account won't 60 down.
YHE HERALD ON HOOKzR's RITRRAr-WHkr
MUST Bs DONE.
The New York Herald has an edtoria,
which is interesting. The following is An ex
tract from it:
The news of Gen. Hookers retrograde
move across the RappahannOck without gen.
eral battle, and with the enemy en- masse in
his rear, created throughout this city yester-
day profound sensation Of disappointment
and dependency. Confident hopes of great
victories were changed again to painful ankle
ties for the safety of the army; for the news
of the morning left our forces crossing the
swollen river on two narrow pontoon bridges
in broad daylight and in full view of the
enemy.
We experience no small sense of relief in
being able to announce to our readers that the
army is safe in its old camp at Falmouth.
That it was permitted to recross the river with.
out determined effort OF the enemy to cut it
to pieces satisfies us that Gen. Lee was not
disposed to rick the experiment for he has
shown from the beginning a remarkable know.
ledge of every movement of our forces. 1t is
said that Gen. Hooker was in measure COM
PEELED to recrOss tho river, because, with its
flooded condition and the almost impossible
roads between it and hss depots, he was in
danger of being cut oil from his supplies Of
provisions and ammunition.
After tho events Of the last ten days it is
easy to see that General Hooker might have
done better. For instance. had he avoided
any signs Of an advance until General Stone
man had cut the rebel railway communications
with Richmond and returned to the army, the
reinforcemsnts and supplies to Lee from below
might have been cut Off until too late to be OF
any service to him. Or had General Hooker
retained the powerful body of Stonemans q
cavalry to guard his hanks, that disastrous
rebel flank movement of Friday and Saturday
could have easily been prevented. We appre.
hend, however, that Gen'l Hooker's greatest
mistake was an under estimate of the strength
Of The rebels, or he surely would have sd
vanced beyond the river to draw them out
without the support OF Stonemans cavalry
From the moment no touched the south side Of
the river that formidable body of horsemen
would have been invaluable in securing the
country, aud in keeping General Hooker ap
prised of every movement Of the enemy iu
season to meet it. As the matter stands, Gen
eral Mcclellan needs no other defence against
the testimony Of General Hooker before the
War Committee Of Congress than his Rap
pahannOck campaign, as compared with thai
Of the Richmond peninsula aud that Of Mary
land
The responsibility. however, for this unfor
tunate movement on Richmond, as for every
other, belongs to the War Office at Washing
ton. Secretary Stanton and Gen. Halleck are
the parties to be arraixned as the contriver5 Of
this deplcrable failure of Gen. Hooker, with
the ''finest army on the planet" Had they
permitted Gen. Mcclellan last fall to 90 on
with his own plans, aud had they supported