The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-04
TINE ARMY or THE POTOMAC.
LIZ. l.. A. Hendrich's Dsspa sehss.
HEADQUARTERS, FUsH Asxr C1Hs, /
July -, 1868.

July ~, 1sc3 J
AND RzyB,
How prouactsd through twenty four hours and In cool
nd seguestered valley, repete with sbady woods and
running streams glorious soAsend TO our tired troops
ID halt and rest liable 70 be interrupted II any mo-
msnt, and may continue week, and Is may continue
month ] indefinite because ignorance conpeIs II.
Corps commanders know no more than eorporals Of
guards OF our future movements Orders come and
obeyed. This is the end Of knowledge 40 always,
tbere are, however, multisudinous conflicting
suRnisEs RusoRs AID ARKRnoSs
aeoAt Como wiifhaye that General Meade with bag in
hand, 10 lying IN wan with most certain OF
sCoSpng up the enemy IN speedier time than he could
have bad any possible hope Of doing the side OF
the Potomac. This class Of supposionts for eight
very shortly and make beyond the Rapdan the scene Of
the next battle Another Of theorists cay there can
DO battle this side Of Richmond-that Lee viii not
give nght this side Of theretha his only hope Of saliva
oD behind tho strongly fortified ntrenchmeuts Of the
rebel capital, and that no attempt viii be made to
get there before him, this would be impossible The
long and wearyng marches army gone through
With, soa s1sy unnsesRs 9 pesA HgeA lqybsg .. pre-
sent-&1ch sss DO much ng6sibs-sive rise 70 The BE-
lief In many minds that have settled nov upon place
recuperaton and reorganization and that We will walt
here for the drafted 10 Join US. And thus run the
rumors.
RpRT CORe.
Though all are tired from our nearly three hundred
miles marching leaving the Rappahannock though
many without knapsacks, clothes ragged and torn,
shoeless, their spirit 10 unquenched, their valor
strong and steadfast their patriotism unyedng and de-
termination TO march on and hght and conquer
firm and settled when at their countrys call they 6rst
took up arms Meantime the soldiers IRE enoying the
rest given them They viii 90 whom and where ordered
Eight when ordered and never yield ill ordered. Each
day develops its own WORK and duty.
wHKkE
have not stated Our present place OF and
~ would be IN violation Of existing orders pro-
pose to do say this much that since leaving
Manassas Gap we have had some long and tedious march
ing We have passed through sections Of the country
hstorCa BY the past presence and exploits OF Pope
torcal by the retrograde movements Of Bangs
memory and activity. Al town which shall be name
less that We passed through was told the following
circumstance
which, ~ has never found its way INTO PRINT, think
worth giving, as Illustrative OF the bold reckless
daciy Of the squad OF Northern cavalry got on
the track Of him and his men, pursued bim the vii
lage. captured some 0 his men and hoped take him
captive Guards were placed al every street entrance
ud the search for Mosby begap-a search up down
eairs 10 garre IN cellar in beds, under beds coses
wardrobce and every imaginable cubby hole capable sf
hiding man Moeby was not 70 be found In quick
time ne had exchanged his military dress for the coarpe
spun babimentS OF aud WhHe the search
enset lockers on. he took DiBetynine chances
hundred OF being captured and fortune favored him
aways does The brave II In tins bravery and this good
fortune that make him and bis EXPLOITS the theme OF
every tongue, and particularly tongues feminine which
when they once get waggng about him, wag with
ING sauclness and vndclive exuitaon indicating that
tho extent OF their Joy only surpassed by thing
the uDendipg proiongason Of their tongues.
oNwARD
10 Ike the cleaners or agrained From all The ranta
IONS contrabaDds JOIN os. They come IN crowds
Tho great cobaband harvest s only the Rcanpgs
arc Iethe extremes os age the ame the halt and the
blind From the plantation which
sixty ran away when our army last here Only two
Of Ethiopian dcsosnt remain-a blind ana
rheumatic octogeOarikD and otc boy, who has every
appearance Of having gro~ed" into being, like Mrs Har
ret Beecher stowe JoTay fno ssalworth Virginia pro-
sieor takes Il phhoeophieaiiy and his i've daug
have had W take milking, cooking washing aud the
domestic duties of largo household their ronghest aud
most unpoec aspscs What W do with tbeeo negro
and how many families ofsthe
get along the,r absence, qasstons will essay
70 answer. The deluded fugtivee, know not long
in discovering their error, while the strong and stout
hearts OF these SsutherD women tho
funess with which they 90 70 work challenge the hgn
est admiration and respect This stout Ibs
cheerfuness and this wont pluck Of these women
verify believe, keep this war going and dragging Il.
riow length on, and not the men bullets shells or
prosuac 1tsstos uf the South