The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-01

~ Ypledee, anA have 1hag been snaSIS3 y
~ 50 benelk Of his obsofvati0rA.
On Iuesday he Nv General Rods6s 9ivi
saon. 81 ENel1 eUspss sonmsnos T. march e
HAesrstoWp. Thsy had ten pisces Of artillery
~ ehis division, and the forcs oonsiated Of
/ cavalry, infantry and artillery. He estimated
th1 nanbar Of Slis foses At about 10, 600, with
aloag M4gon train TIE principal part Of the
foAoo - infnntfy.
AnoshSr division arrived at Shspherdstown,
Sunday svsning, and narehsd 70 Becnshoro'
/ where Il sneanpsd on Monday svsning, about
three niles outside Of the town on the Ma
tional roaA. This force numbered from Il, 600
10 Is 600 men, embracing thirteen pieces Of
artillery and = rsgim ynt Of cavalry. N hAd .
| long train OF wagons, many OF them United
STATES teams, loaded with knapsasks, camp
| equi2age, and forage.
The souednct on the canal at Williamsport
has been blown ND, the locks destroyed, and
all the boats in tho vicinity burned. The lock
gates at Nillstown Point were also torn out,
! and the canal boats burned At Green Spring
the embankment was broken, and the water
| running out Of the can& into the field. The
canal IL perfect wreck from Williamsport to
Cumberland, Md.
LIS rumorea here, and generally believed,
that the greater part Of Less army has crossed
the Potomac and is now on the soil Of Mary
| land II is confidently assertad That tho
crossing was EAde at three poiots--Wiiliams-
port, Sasphsrdstown and Anfistam ford ds--end
ihst Il has 1eens s9oing si ssacs fItiay Snd
Saturday last.
A Cincinnati correspondent of the Chicago
Times, under date Of the 21st, writes:
A prominent office holder from Washing
ton, who erjoys the confidence of Mr. LIN.
coin, arrived here this morning, en- route to
A(~.-f " Afn~%
President remarked on Thursday evening Last
tnst he felt almost persuaded to call General
Mcclellan to the Army of the Potomac, and
that unless Hooker, in whom he had conf
dence, executed certain successful movements
against Lee by Sunday, Gen Mcclellan would
be ordered to resume command, In order that
harmony and enthusiasm might again prevail
unlimitedly in the army. My informant, who
knows whereof he speaks, declares az his
opinion that Mcclellan will receive his orders
during the present week, and will accept the
same only on condition that no interference
ehall take place by Stanton, Hallsck, or any.
body aside from the President.
FRDsKAE RAID IN EAsr rENn.ssEE- INN8ssE
DESTRUCTION OF RAILROAD BhI1GES AND
OTH1x PROPERTY
CINCINNATI, June 25,h.-The following dis
patch has been received by Gen. Burnside
from the expedition sent into East Tennessee
BosroN, Tenn, June 23.-I arrived here
with my csmmand this morning. l struck the
railroad of the enemy at Len0ir, aud destroy
ed the track up to Knoxville; made a demon.
s.ration against Knoxville go az to have ths
troops drawn from above; destroyed the track
and started for Strawberry Plains; burnt the
State Greek Bridge, 500 feet long, and Mas.
aey Creek Bridge, 325 fee. long I captured
three pieces of artillery, 200 boxes of artillery
ammunition, over 500 prisoners, and 900
stand of arms Also destroyed large amount
If salt, sugar, four, meal and saltpetre, and
one ealtpetrs works and other stores
My command are much fatigued. We have
had but two nights sleep.
The force in East Tennessee is larger than
l had supposed. / did not attack London
bridge for reasons that l will hereafter ex-
plain
At Massey creek determined to return Ia
the movements l had very great diff ;ulties
that were unexpected. found the gap through
which I intended to return strongly guarded
fallen timber. A force was also following me
in our rear, and deter rmined to CROSS at Smith g
Gap, which did.
1 will report more fully as soon as posi-
BILE. Fl. SAUNDERS,
Colonel commanding.
TIE scouRaz AT HAND A FIERCE DIfUsCIA
TICE.
The Nav York f. eenan's Journal has the
following bitter denunciation of the Federal
Government
The imbecile and wicked Federal Admins.
tration ia drifting without rudder and without
compass. 1t knows neither where it is, nor
whittier driven. We can we'll believe that the
ungainly and vacant countenanca Of Lincoln,
as 1t is reported, is frequently overcast with a
vague sense OF terror that renders him inca.
4, 60 -, 6 3, ~f on$SNy
Tha truculent incapables that sorround him
are seeking to illustrate by new example the
Old adsge Improbi ne pereant perdmnt. The
wicked destroy others that themselves may
escape" They are fools in this as in all they
have hitherto attempted
i And those cowardly and incapable things
Lincoln, Seward, StantOn-have imagined mat
this fierce fighting American racs, trained to
liberty even in its excuses, will bow their
heads beneath the trembling paWs Of these
creatures, and quietly lay on the ground the
''symbols Of the tree'-the arms that the Con-
stitution of the land guarantee to them to keep
and bear, "for the prots ction OF themselues and
Of the Stale %
Every revolver you take from these people
is replaced by a rifle and bayonst! Every old
shot gun yoa steal from them is good for a
dozen regulation muskets, with ammunition to
match! You think you have trophy when
you have ssizsd rife; You will find, as ii il
had dropped down from the clouds, or as if the
earth had yawned to let it forth, a we'll fur
nished mountain howitzer, making good the
loss of the rife
Hunt the brush. and you will not find them
Burn barns, and you will not destroy them
Exhaust your suspicious and narrow brains
aud you will be no nearer the mark. Bu. We
| tell you-not by political forecast, but as the
! chrOnicier of what ie, and is ready to become
an accomplished fact-that, it the freedom Oi
! the ballot box be interfsred with in the North
| western States, or if the free canvass neceS-
! sary to free election be further interrupted
there, the irreparable blow will fall as il
the heavens dropped it down from above, and
! the earth budded it forth, from the four winds
/ Of heaven the entire Northwest will be III one
blaze Of armed array, BY your attempts Al
sappressing speech and the Democratic press
| you have forced men to action instead Of
| words You have to deal, in the Northwest
/ with the kind Of men who took Fort Donelsor
for you. Against them what can avail oul
weeping "Wide Awakes," transformed into
Union Leagues r
We want peace and order here at the North
In order to have it, we must have peace scitl
the Soath. II we have itnot, we tell moneyes
men, even thoss who are making profit by tht
war, that their gain will turn to loss. IheiI
| sweet things will become bitter. Their fan
cied security will vanish. The scourge is q
hand. When it comes-if it be not stayed by
| will howl loudest, the men who viii not be
hsve Us now, or we.
| THE Two PARTIEs AT THE NORTH -TL'
peace and war parties at the North are dali!
| hecOminu mora violaut- and thAr0 II n fai