Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-21


80 FROM GENERAL LEES ARMY,
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEAR MARr1NsBuRc, Va,
July II, ls63.
am here, on my way to the army, which l
think l shall be able to reach roridenee
permitting, and my horse holding QUITO
day.
From this point I have little Of intcre
| to communicate. save the following casual
ties:
Lieut.. Col. Kearse, 5lst Ca. killed.
Lieut.. Col. llnwser, 50th Ga,
Major Dunwoddy, 5Olh Ga,
Adjutant John Attain, 9Th cav, -
Colonel Skinner, j2I Va, wounded.
| have PASSED to-day line Of over two hun
dred captured Yankee officers, en- route for
| Richmond, under guard Of Barkdsalc'5 br.-
gadc.
| am informed that there are about 5000
prisoners i'll all.
Brigadler-Gcneral Barksdale, who was
killed ut Getty sburg, Eel, SaIlautly leading hi
brigade, aud fully scveuty-ilSe yards Ill adj
] vance vi our IInrs and hear Inc enemy works.
Let the writer here pause to mention, III this
hurried note, the nIs ia esteem III which this
brave and gallant Tlitu WIS held, not "nly by
las own cVlllulaud, but the Whole ARMY. lie
was brave aud true man, and quite devoted
to our cause. Peace t. his ashes"
| From Winchester to Murtinsburg the road
is quite devoid vi interest, tile only things no
t:ccublc beng IL telegraph pole which hau
been cut down, doubtless, BY sumo Virginia
| uniuuist: the other incident was an attempt on
| the part oi Il slrasG.rr, without success, ~
shoot a struggling sboat.
In reaching MartuSburg, you feel as II you
had left Virginia auI entered lahkee-dondle-
dom. 1t is thoroughly unioni-ed. Commo-
durr Bcuman, OF tue Federal navy, has Lis
family resulting here. Miss Belle Boyd also
lives here, us does the family Of Col. Z. j..
Faulkner.
| learn that our soldiers are scowled at and
jeered as they pass through, and that per con-
ira, the Yankee prisoners are always cheered,
the women here calling them our soldiers, and
begging permission not unirequently to be
permitted To serve them such dellcaclcs as
they have.
But with all this rOttenucss there is still
trace of Virginia left in few Of those residing
near here. For example, l last night made
quarters ut the house oi IL true Southern NAH,
whose Goa,u and sideGoard would do no dis
credit 10 Virginia OF other days. His girls,
too are true Southern women, aud RECALLED Us
with true Southern airs.
The Baltimore and Ohio road is us yet
standing, save the bridging which has been
destroyed, the culverts and Tie iron being still
intact.
Quite number Of our wounded still remain
at Alartinsburg, where the remnant OF right
eousncsS, in the shape Of true patriotism, min
listers to them such comforts and attention as
is in the power Of the faithful lev to rem
der.
The country hereabouts is either 50 barren,
or has been So heavily taxed by til" armies, Or
else Lnionizcd, that not one grain vi corn Ur
oats can he procured for horse Ioud.
| hear Incidentally that our Quartcrmasters
have been able to get very few oi such deslra-
bic stores US shoes, blankets, &c-uil Of these
articles, along with the good horses, having
been spirited away Or concealed from detec-
ton.
All accounts concur that the morale Of the
army is excellent, and that its general health
never was better, and, in numbers, II is quite
prepared to give battle to Mcadcs army wncu-
ever it shall be offered.
| will he frank and say that | hear some
indeed, not iew-cUmdemn the effort made
Oh the second day at Gettysburg To storm the
heights. Those who thus speak say the
frst days attempt ought To have sui.
feed to have demonstrated Its lmpossbllity.-
Whilst this is the feeling, there Is still every
confidence that the army will yet achieve lis
mission.
The report Of III engagement between tItz
Lee and our horse artillery on the one size,
and the enemy with all arms Of the service,
in which we were driven i'll near Funkstown,
yesterday evening, has just reached nc. 1t
Is regarded as preliminary TO general light
If So, may be there u zee.
The correspondent Of the London Times
is with army Headquarters, 10 regaIc Euro
pean readers with Il rehearsal, with which
they await with the same interest that at
taches to Spanish bull fight or an American
prize encounter. The correspondents OF the
Richmond papers-with"ut whose recognition
this war would have been Il tallure-are
snubbed, and its readers, the mcu who are
giving the best blood Ui their offspring and the
substance of their wealth, must not expect TO
ret the battle IN detail until it is written here
by 4 foreign eye and is read by distant pco-
pie. Russell Was not permitted To enter ankce
army lines, and England and its representative,
the Times" are now stronger advocates OF
Northern sentiments and policy than ever,
The South admits foreign correspondents and
recoJpri=ss them, even though sent by 4 poo
pie refusing TO recognize us, but she tabooes
those who write for her own people. Is this
4 military necessity, or are We disposed 10
lick tue hand that would smitc Us!
| shall cross the Potomac to-day, and do my
best TO keep you fully posted; but If there be
faults Of ignorance, let them DC charged where
they belong, TO those who admit European cor
respond .nts, and decline the cvilties Of every
day life to those who represent the South' m
cause for lear Of betrayal Ut their hands.
y.
CANNING GRoUsu, !