The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-10
our ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
WrscHEsTER, Va, July /.

Whatever Winchester may have besn in
different times. il certainly COW pFesants a
| picture of sad coloIing Not cant, wagon,
or dray ID TO be sesn. Save the army wagon,
not a carriage enlivsus the streeis. The thor
oughfares are mry with filth, and ihe general
Impression upon entering The town is that you
! have driven into huge livery stsbie not par
| ,iculariy well KEEP. Nearsy every door is
closed and fs W persons are sssp, aaye soldiers,
and few refugees, just returned sroa q nin.,
month4 lganisbu,sDt, looking wis:s.ssz xi5ps as /
careful eurn.iny 70 Gisco sna;da. sae gsnt,s
iaaolatiGn fsvs traces Of well fe u,e ubsra;
seanes ard localities. have seen come aozan
ladies OH he street III Clean, iilo3 eressaa-ths
| ouly clean thing havs observed III The piec ce
| These ali seem to wear al expression Of 'pay
| time hiss come Cpon their counteIsncas. Ths
! ladies' little rsIisl a1aee ooInin. tion, ana
| e. segyThere on the route, wherever the enemy
| has penetrated, the sense OF relief from their
presence shows upon the faces Of tbs women
| so piain that without asking you would know
! that they are uncom pro missing re 5es
| was agreeably surprised 10 hud the raw
ages Of tia enemy in The Valley not 20 exien-
sira ~ had bhen isd 20 beiieva L. is .sus
| hey violated hil the usggse of civilized war
| fare ia their pa,derii:g raids, but | raw not
| one hause j.1fgej ia The easigo route from
~ tctt..tSF- kDJ SNetlf.Il IS nlGUn
III t8s land is !fiu2 idle a3 / expected 10 see ::
ana Ia fact, what IS Iet III grain il IN grsss--a
/ crop n. tl,,s jMe especially valuable. There
| Hr3 many more cattle, H0Fses, a.l:G hct,s, than
J l1Ck4d TO see, AID 4 pefsQls if7ui aim st any
ether plri ii the world, travelling througii III
| Valley i0r the first tiIe, wopli iii ak thst he
WAS in the richest portion oi The eAra.
Of the movement. OF lhs army bus little il
reliably known. SO .etcebt is General L9a Of
{is Il hla
dispatches from any point that may suit his
fancy, without reference 30 the place he Is ac.
tuai!V at / nave Learned, however, that ne
.as changed the direction Of his army, aud
t.sS it il now thought 10 ba 1t {. .3ttyzaurE
with :. Southern inclination, vsegiug towards
Baltimore.
have little d inbt that l,9 Ia c3fll e h. c'z
into Maryland. The p0sii2iiitiss and the re-
auiss OF the Canpei "A af5 ali 10 be hound IN
ai4 land, aud 10 oco Knows this better than
Gerera Lee. l. - bslievei here si,st II JQker
with Hs array, is 81 Frederick. NJ o'i3 IL al
lowed to crcsa sLs liliea without tlta protection
If - large armed escort IAls 0:dag Is e&id to
have come from Gensiai I.ee, and hence it is
believed that the enemy il soma fylos is bs
tween ihis point aui oar iifny, ready so pick
up any but 3 lefpect&his DumGeE OF soldiers.
A geni onan direct f-on JiarpsTs Ferry
SAYS tBat two days ago there were only four
tents visible upon The Maryland Hsi2he, where
seen. Ii is LeIisved, frenl thjs ana from otEer
sla;emen;s, that ths Yankees have evacn,dei
tha, position. the run0r hors ia that they
have blown up all their for,t-4e .t,ons =, t1at
point
There ia said to be 90 trah IN tho runor
thaf cur sGny o1 i.s aiaroA is constantly ha
ras5ed By tho eueG Gly's 6uas,Itas No Instances
have occurred within tbe knowleiIe cf any
one hero. Two s.raggtera vsere supposed 10
AaUe been saot THIS is tbs foundation Of the
statement.
TueTs seams to De q few Union pe2p'e in
this place vet i learned lo-d1y th&t several
Yankee Ctfesrs, amongst hon: arc q Coi9neI
ani Major, were nu yesterday found Sc
cretad in tue houses OF sonle ciiiZ8ls, nos hav
lag been able 10 eff &c. their escape tiuee the
capsure of the place.
| shall endeavor to write yoa in few days
from scmo p0iEt nearer tho army. j.
Tle letter OF our correspondent has besn
anticipated by events, bas atll intera:-
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