Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-08-25
8n5npno Enquirtr,
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST ., 1868
FROM GENERAL LEES ARMY.
FROM OUR own coHREsroSbEST.
Asay OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
August 20, 1862.
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THE SITUATION.
Tic enemy did not actually rccross tia
river, bus only made prctcnsc" Of dong So
They are still in small force % cavalry, With
some artillery, tu this siia OF the. Ra rpaii:,u
ten Junction. ! believe they are MAXIM.
ready to deal us Il blow, lor, pakc.like. they
arc always mos. quiet when ai,out ~ 10 an in
jury. The ren0rt OF disa faction and democrat.
,%atioa arc the c"unterparl5 Of what we COZ
;inIally heard u4v previous 70 the battles 0t
Charlottesville. All tlGs sort Of tall; is III
du:.ei and put forth, not because il wc"ker=
them but for the purpose uf dccc:viHg u.
ShoulI not ne surpri ed To hear Of an advance
movement at any nomcnt, though i: will EUt
be under ten days, | ti,;nk. 1t is quite GER
tain, however, that tho onCmy mast aiyincG
and fight ere long.
THE PROJECTIONS.
Major General Wilcox, recently promoted
az such, has been assigned to the cOmlnuni of
pcndcr's old Division. composed of LINES
and Scalos' NORTH Carolina Brieades. mellow
ans South Carolina Brigade anil Thomas
Georgia Brigade. WILCOX Division will
doubtless achieve "a great fam" ~ has been
made by the gallant bri gadc Of -Ila:amiaUi
which bears his name.
Brigadier General IIumplric., recently p.o-
NOTED as such, will have command Of Bark $.
dale's old Brigade. lie sa vest Point man.
having been there with the President. lie is
4 most capital Officer, and fit successor to the
worthy and lameatcd Barksdn!r.
hrlgadier General Erpa lIunton vii! have
command of Ganet'a old Brigade, Pickett
Division. General Ilunton ought ia be today
Il Major General. lie deserved "a Brigalicr'-
commission at Lccsburg, two years ago.
AGESERAL TURNED rGlrArE.
Gen. Roger a. Pryor has resigned his pos.
ton ~ !. BrigaIcr General, and Is now scry-
ing as private in tiie i3t'l Yircinu Cavalry,
in this army. | am told that the General
gives us reason for this that he appl:e,; IT,
pcatedly for ORDERS as IN Officer. bus received
rome: aud that, being determined to see active
service. he resi- gned and took the true post OF
koaor, the private station.
THE ORDER ABogT CLERES, &C..
/ arl told that the order hiSmiSsin. the
CLERKS and other employees of tie iifrr"ntGc-
parments, and putting them in the rnrliS i,
anything but grateful 70 those interested, and
that compliance with the order is no. AS
prompt as could be desiYI II orr an,Elor-
tie. ". ouli only employ coIoreI team,ter.. ia
addition. t" requiring CLERKS PAGES 10 he I'LL
Cd hy disabled soldiers. tao lighting siren 9Th
Il the army would be increased N lcas, xic
Nonsund men.
CONDITION or THE ARMY.
heard it franz Il courteous mem bcv Of Cen
Leo's stay, who has recently inspected Ike
army, tia; its fighting condition never was
better, and tina: iIs C1mi0ri is duly carel Tor
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mrs"ii, can bear witness 10 tho truthiul:ics3 Of
nj that con he said Of the morci; aud spirit %
this army Just now.
GIN. waICuTs TRIAL
Is still progressing, hut will probably termi.
nate his week. Gen. Wright is MANAGING
his own defence with IN ability euu. to his
we'll known gallantry On the field.
TIE VALUE or SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Il suppose the public or a, least the g'tid
names and grumb'ers, are somewhat disgruntletl
at the oft repeated story "f 'aiifuict," and the
unwillingness Of corrCsponGcAtS to eiyo ruInprs
If one day, only to he contradic.cd the next
Tic great utility of "Spscia" correspondents
as | conceive, is not 30 much to rive . great
amount of news, a. 10 rive dcctsyc!. news -
There are, so far as | am aware, on!- f,uT
special or paid correspondents in tho army
p. Y a. Of the Savannah Republican," s.
OF thc Atlanta ''Confelc.acy," Y. u: the Dis
patch" and your humble servant. The letters
OF these gentlemen. OF course excluding myself.
are valuable, not because they tllthcir rcspec.
tive papers with rumors. specu!a:;o!.s and suas-
g:-tions: but because they approximate 70 acru-
rate rcnitals of actual events, which 0uch- 10
b, ;nown. 1t is better "a have naG trn'h!iil
fact than five hundred reports from reE.:jie
gentlemen. y.