The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-16

1nOTnE army giVo which
have had occasion from the first hour that them,
TO chru rce me confidence. tho bodily heaN the
forts ecialy as regards blankets the cheer
uness OF tie Southern army have beeu the
increase for weeks past. With such and ch gone
rails around him how can any regard the day ON
which Southern army comes into collision with its foe
otherwise than the day of Southern victory Long
street remarked to-day, with the battle OF hrpsburg
DOUBTLESS in memory that It mattered very little
whether attacking force the Yankees Of
so 900 $50 coo men There Is little question that panic
estsb lsn 4 among such raw inexperienced, and
witha independent troops, would only DO enhanced by
i1creas1 of their numbers To this fact tho federal
thorles have not been blind every effort has
troops which constitute the army OF General Burnside by
recalling and placing within its ranks ''veterans
las they pcmpoEsy called by the Northern ournals
who have been under arms for twelve nine months,
although many OF ihem--fof Instance those recalled
from South Caiolina-have never gun fired In
ger In this manner some thirty Ave forty thousand
men, who, 1t Is hoped will not break run directly
thoy tudor fire, have been brought together aud
their example trusted to calculated TO mpregnate
their timid brethren.
THE REBEL CHIEF or ARTILLERY AND HIS DUTY.
NOVEMBER 2S, 1892
One strong confirmation OF the federal intention 10
force passage OF the Rappahannock here
the Of Fredericksburg aud the mouth is found in
the fact that four or five Yankee gnboas have assembled
the river high the little village Of Port Royal aud
there threatening the village aud possibly intending
the stream by taking up their position tortuous
bends In the river enable them 10 sweep with their broad
ds the adjoining county s no. y thai these Ion
be unmoested by the Conicderates. Major Pelham,
the young but active and Intelligent chief Of artil
ery. attached 70 General STARTS command OF
cavalry, is busy, accompanied by Genera! Stuart
himself IL reconnoiterng tho position Of the gun
boats Port Royal (abou twenty five miles from the
spot where am writingl and In trying discover the
best situation for batteries Of artillery TO open them
The impression at present seems to be that II the gun
boats, which appear to be navgated by timoroas and
uneasy crews, be driven three miles TO the
mouth or the stream they be seriously damaged bya
p!unging fire from the bluffs The question is whether
they be driven of from tho spot where they lie,
and where i is difficult to open on them but such is
their apparent uneasiness that 1t seems probable.
GENERAL WADE HAM TON NORTH or the RApfAnANNocK.
gallant and successful achievement Of General Wade
Stuart greatly raised the spirits Of Conedcrates
to day and further to illustrate that aintness II
spirit which had cndeavored to describe as pervadng
tho federal army. ACCOMPANIED by one hundred
and twenty cavalry, General Hampton crossed the
Rappahannock, and fell in with ninety men, including
five officers, OF the pennsyv cavalry who instantly
surrendered without firing shot attempting to escape
and were carried back across tho stream by General
Hampton with their valuable carbinos (much priced by
the Confederate cavalry, about 100 horses and their
equipments, not 10 mention the overcoas or the
mon, which no slight item IN the month OF December
II Is to the credit OF the southern troops that
whatever their restitution in boots and shoes may have
been have they stripped or the boots or their federal
prisoners Considering what the feelings with which
the Vrgnans regard the invaders of their soil the 0ck
AIDE which has so long strangled them and the wlful
destruction of property which has reduced many thrv
ing yeonan or trader AFFECT poverty 1t crcdable
them that unfaiDg courtesy has ceased TO BIO
hbted to the hosts Of federas who have been taken
prisoners.
COMPLAINTS FEDERAL PRIsoSERs-How DAVIS
Some OF these prisoners torn from the lavish luxury Of
the federal camps the extent Of which has been
fully realized in Europe, complain because they tenn
porary subjected 10 the ordinary fare OF the Southern
c0nfederacy II is nothing TO them that this fare Ia
tenedy shared by ALL from President Davis TO the hum
bles operative Printed letters describing the mseres
Of prisoners Richmond appear In Northern journals.
If II for moment conceivable that these journals
could desire the outside world TO Judge fairly between the
federal and Confederate treatment Of prisoners OF war
let them print side by side with the above mentioned let
tiers the frequent narratives Of Confederate prisoners
touching their treatment such dens Fort Delaware
And ttN arnro tIv thassxn
they convicts "How vile and execrable nation
the Northern States contain remarked President Davis
but 1t remained for this to teach what depths
OF and infamy II possible for people and
their government TO descend"
ATTACHMENT OF NEGRO TO
4 scene which occurred this morning, similar 70 many
which have witnessed in camp, teaches me Whether tho
Boston Puritan tho ogarch is the tuest
friend of that African Of which Exeter Hall knows
little and over which 1t whimpers much. favorite
belonging to him. was separated from the General during
the Maryland camp'tgn, and together with two OF the
generals horses entrusted to his in imminent
danger OF being captured by the Yankees The boy hid
himself for several days In the woods salyng forth at
night to get food for his horses until at last be had
an opportunity Of consigning them into safe keeping
He himself, not without much difficulty, at last con
70 s the ams 70 to @
Maryland sherc This morning, az General Sonewall
Jackson and his advanced from their old quarters to
join the already large army under General Lee General
Stuart's boy reganed his masters headquarters, and
such scene occurred battles descriptiJn General
with whom "Bobn is favoritc, shook him warmly by
the hand heard the narrative OF his adventures
may be fairly called an ovation. The boy was So over
oyed 70 get back that he well nigh shed tears. How
many English servants, isolated from their masters
under such circumstances with detection or punish
ment in they absconded manicsty impossible. and
10 possession Of two valuable horses would have faced
danger and difficulty tor weeks In order TO be faithful to
their trusS In fact nothing has much astonishcd
since into the confcderacy the relations Of
affection and attachment which bind together and
slave
TRACING OUT THE LINES OF DEFENCE
II was an interesting sight this morning at General r.
z. Lees headquarters, TO see General Lee himself CON-
passes in hand pointing out lines attack defence upon
a large map OF Virginia, aud with General jackson
General Iongstrcet scaed either hand OF him in atten
tive consideration of his remarks II would probably
from where the trio Of Confederate Generals seated
had he known that he has in trout OF him this moment
generals Has not General Jackson out uyercd
and left out In the codS Recently II is Understood that
General Burnside rode into the Blue Ridge into OF
tho gaps impending over Loufon county and finding there
traces of Gen. Jackson, announced his stan the de-
feat or isolation Of that ubiquitous general he not
whipped, gtuemeng asked Geaern Burnside, ais he not
whipped, or rendered rscessS The assent Of the stan
10 this proposition Is sad TO have been faint and hest
taing. Gcpcrs, Jacksons own answer Is given by the
fact that here he Is confronting General Burnside and
likely to make himself very useful before many days are
over never saw him looking better His large corps,
much which mas Just marched by, IS IN us usual hearty
| spirits.
FREDERICKSBURG PEro.E rHr GREAT rIaur
hui 10 return 10 Fredericksburg, the town
SO long harasscd by the presence Of two opposing
armies, 6xod Between the hawk and the buzzaid,
gives pitiable evidence OF its salernes. Not more
than I'VE per cent or the houses are stu Inhabited
and the terrorstrcken lock Of those whom poverty or
illness, or lsnguid hopeianess that they viii be unmo
Tested, still tethers TO their ancient donces shoots
pang 10 the heart of the observer An old and feeble
woman living on the Of III, river bank, Immediately
under the threatening muzzlcs Of the federal cannon
which crown the Falmouth heights, In ansver 10 my
question whether she had not stirred at all from her
home said For three eeks past have breathtd under
this roof living cannot cal ~ The sights which have
been frequently visible these last few weeks have been
heartreBd:ng Old men ana women poor 10 take the
railroad TO Richmond, have been ncessan.y tramplng
on, " the town with nothing but ragged blankets
or coverlcS, and have beakcr Themselves TO the nine
woods with feeble prospect Of being able 10 keen body
and soul together In country bare though swept
by ocusts and occupied by armies well nigh large as
the abled hosts OF Xerycs
LIBERALS SHILLING RAILROAD TRAIN
Daring The first few days Of the federal occupation of
Falmouth some federal officer had the nhumanity TO
order the railroad cars which at that time ran into the
edge Of the town Of fredericksburg to be sheed The
cars were heavily laden with fugitive women and chill,
dr.n shrf, Tho fatar raj -