New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-23
A STIHGING BLAST FROM TIE EXAMINER.
The Rebel Situation In tho South West.
ONSLAUGHT UPON THE pURITANs.
NETWORK DEMOCRACYDISCUSSED.
John Van Duren Under the Slave.
Drivers Lash.

From Our Special Correspondent.
koRyoLr Va, March 70. 1853.
The Richmond Examiner Of the 18th reached
here Yesterday by underground mail. fou may
have received later dates from the Rebel capital,
but I venture to forward the inclosed extracts OF
interest, as they pouibJ may not come 10 you IN any
other way.
Cen. lee has publi,hed The following order in re-
laion 10 Rebel operations in Virginia during the
present Winter:
HEADauAnrrKs Aaxr Non1nsss vlna.siA}
GuyrnIL oEpsns Nc. 2s-The GenerAi.C commanding an.
y IN. a{ II. wuT month";, spite Of The
obstacles Of almost inpss,bo roads limited forage and In
l. About tire 10, Of December G.n. Hampton. with d..
tschmsn Of bis hrsss eIc1sd tho upper Kslpahsnno
,un.,.d two ,1usdroGs OF Union cavalry eap'nfed several
ed oosr. sad 100 nen, 9th their 10 see
arms. color, ADD 'suen,s. without loss on his
Bsso and Ne, W.ler with detachment o; .Ity dism9un,
ed nsn thu oa Virginia Csv,lry beu liam r Lee
tn. onenys pekes captured ~ in-Iadins
,ev.. officers with horsss SIMS &C., and re-
CT ed the river withog, losa 80
On his I'm December Com Hampton creased the Kappa
hammock with detachment OF his brigade cut the enemy
comm onlcations At Dnrss entered tho town fow hours
bso,, sise corr, thea .iv,acns Freiecksbnrz cop
usd wsIops with guard II shout 30 men, and returned
safely to hi. On the lth Decem5sr no assn oIo'.r
,h, Tcs.s between that plscs and Dumfriss captured NJ
-.:o. STs ' OF esysy ."n. 70 tbs
rr.eu. He reached the Rsppsh.nHoek with W"asen' and
oa de 18Th December Cen s,ust, with ds,schnes st.
Of ptons Fxhush Lees and W. b. Lees Brtrd.s aade
VIC IN d. ,. 9Th. .seS. ns. l.d bin
:. Danfs.. espiaiins uss .nd Wagons ~ ts. pi.ee sd
NJ. c.. ~.d oeeoqa.a captured bis camp
huisrd The AeeonA bhdse on tho orsnfe AUD Ae1sSd
tuned 10 cspsrpsI 9Th 200 prisoner. !;
wssou. With To-; on hi: Fart OF men emu Capt
On Fob To- Cspts Mcneil and Stamp Of Gen. fnbcden's
With % ,,S.S S :5on nsT eaysy and n
routed guard captured y pTs and ieo hore' with
e.p With Ii. eapve. whou, the los. Of TN, the
third fe. Of the character Ia which Capt Mcneil has
g Ten W r. Jss With section Of Lis artillery under
Lieut. Ford 2;,h fesuay attack two Of the snsns
sunbos Tsrp,hAnaok .nd drove them down the river
d.maxins them. but slieuns no loss on his part
:. Gen Ei,slush Lee with detachment Of 40 Of his big
sdr 'cro'.ed Oh" swollen wa'' % Tue Kappsh,nuoen gu
In few miles Of F.imoutb broke through his ouposts fell
nop nj, camps killed AMI wounded took 80 prisoners
incudns commissioned uui ten nOn~ommissioned Off
Gers and ocroed tho rver with the 10" OF only Il killed
e. On 10Th Fsbrusry Brig Gen W 4 jones', with small
force attached two OF cavalry belonging to VI roys
ia tn. Shenandoah Valley routed them ana too
zoo rron.rs 9TH horses lc with the loss on hs part
Of only two Killed spd two wounded ,.,r
mac 10 bo,t s't.csed several pa,ss o. tao en- esyiy
near Poole.vir Maryland. and beside those lie Hi 81
:nd w'' sh s To-. 6iao Captain
| Of the Black Horse Cavalry has mad" many poid 70
moi
d .,,sr. hundred ..nd OF arms. Lieut. Mo.bv wih BIZ.
done much 10 nsIas. tho eue"y asc.!ng
him boldly several occaGlons, and capturing mary pon
err attachment Of IL men Of HAM toDs Brigade unG,r
the bave ssgcap: Michael attacked and routed bod u 81
Ped.,as near Wolf Run Sho,s king stu woundHg several
s.d brneug "a IS prisoners, with the loss part OF Sci,
gent Of the "a South Carolina h.smel VIE few
before with Of his csmrades attar,et H. Breur
vile r Of enemy sent to capture ha, Aied three and
csptur.d the rect . \,
takes special pleasure in aiyeus the pronps
~ the otcs. IN trkirr successful whenever the op
offered and the endurance aud CALAMITY with which
he nl, h.v. alws,' support their commanders,
These deed. gve .s.urAnee o. visil'nes fortude 'nt
IN tbs soring camp,im ROBERT z. LEE. Genera.
THE IMPREssMENT QUESTION.
~. E1am,aer has the following editorial in res
ton to the impressment policy Of The Confederate
s.ond only 20 6asuce T. the vital Of impress merts
the question food racks before that Of osv; and
~ The.e pTessnens e ,ss uyp,f
most ubiscis this time with tue Agricultural population;
The food Of the country will Iinipsbed In oil 'ht rsn
Producing portions Of tbs ,oniedeToc, by the rd
ul1. 6is sct for hey postpone their action until
the so-dng is over th-5 viii then &c, IL vain
Law, been passed 10 rc'n,i tho culture OF tohscs
ava otho,, ~ be inside prohibit iAs production OF
bu iasuuoh thr,c are 'spes which Go,snent docs no,
nibcd against nnjnt mpe''msnu, more encouraged By inat
onl, sion then II borny Of 2, een's pound zach wero
ue cnt viont What aud Jus c0naeHsa-
ton establishing HIGH Communion to ~ thu prices Of sup
tDUhccO VIII be CultiYalDG IN thv
sontI than ever known hoiorc.
The temper Of P.op. rOvol st iuuiec snd sfhray
,ol,ues They accustomed IL th. enloymept tbc.
nat, uIu and until r-'ntiy they brrn
,rr,ug-r, and inult from Government officials. l.
,b,y re properly compensated snd equally dealt with tLsy
,s, sive the labor ADD savings to Government Gd gy.
hem uly; Ou those exacted Arbitrarily ~ih
inolrnce AID insult they Will only give nothing ALL
ut thew tske eiectua to prevent the ninons OF
tioyrrrm FROM obtaining what they piow through the
country seize for ockoIy Of payment There feeling
OF resentment d-spseaed and widely pervsiiDs the best
el. OF the community, snst the Government which IL
held for these mad aud reckless inprespsnt'
aud high officers In this soody city who fancy they
re popular In land but whose held IN
ton the sanh cas'es hich control public opinion
Official legszsd roDboIes never GOOD purpose
"A any tho world; und OF oil couutr
and ages they suit least Strange that when the people
are willing conbs 10 public service with cheefunrFs
rity all that they havr bos at-rms, Government
INSIST upon exciting their ubstsBc, under muir.i
circumstances Of Us,utons wong Strange that "htn 90
much depends upon eusneoting ~. supplies Of ioCs mo.
should be- douc by Government To omish thom th"t al
agriculture th. most etecua for
should be rssoItpd to! .
Those Artillery improvements OF Government ioncn te
peoples rrte aud Of JUSTICE and they effected seA'
natural chang. in Their sentiments toward tho Jus
hen who ia romantic aud Dious euthusan icl 'lei' v"n
try have cboeully their to the battle AUG no
assisted with sort OF mournul pride IN the pl'a " '
on, prps san the Held have had their iceihs 'u
toward tho Government uddeDly changed uN 'ho iuuo
rapecious action O. Government press-ysns hey va,
bsIula rejection, whether gooa eanss ldiss,eeu ~
wrong and rapscty can succeed aud these inpie.rhs
done shake the confidence o. the county III Tue