The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-13


how IL the tins 10 % u Thsfnars many, aIap,
TOO many rssinsyts. TepsessKl here by ners
sS..s 'r .sRi.sss sa ,eSnrss q = .ssa si.si
,al labor. Oar uiey rsgulatioAe are suAh that
il 10 fmpoesib.s to cut snA keepG kogs In suea
shape iha. they will work satisf4csoSily wish.
nas cousnmipg great Seal OF toha The in
ricate tystsm Of checks and balances IN ths
army undsf which We are operating. snd
which has come to be called red tnps, works
ont delays tho necessity for which fsW civil
ians can comprehend, and which no Geuesal,
however energatic. can prevent
There Ia another reason Why this army shou3d
remain ia eompsrasise ina.tiyity - FsonFds
snsve msnts until perhaps the hssf of Ooto6sf.
and that is the fact thai the season for 4 ~.
mer campaign has pAsssd. There has beea
much eaid and written about the ondafanoo Of
WesfeYn troops. Il has besn damoastrated
saa. ihay can endure a. mueh in this climato
- Southern or-any other kind of troops. Sill
hold that there 10 . species Cf inhuHAaity in
volyed in Masking August and September, the
very worst months in the year, the time for
reasons therefor ara Very urgent Bscause
another fsaahsr coald ha alIsd 70 the sansls
load withest hseskin9 kia back h - reaa0n
fos adding the feathse. Let nj not hu It Tor
the Ii pis to tho powsys Of our armies until the
occasion impsrasivsly dsmsnds it.
FdIloughs are being granted freely-amouns
ing to about I've per cent. Of the army. In
my opinion tnis per ceussgs could be increased
without dstriment TO the service.
II IL really wonderful that our msn stand
this climate ~ we'll as they do, bat 1t is never
.hs'ess true tha; there 10 an amount Of sickness
in ths army which ia iamentabls. Marching
And trench life in Mississippi daring the mid
simmer months are trying on the st0nssst con.
ssitutioas. Cnrohic diarri CA prevails to an
>Jo,, nj oil ho Ia of
bilious and typhoid fevsrs are rife here. /
nave seen in some Northern papers q state.
mant that there had bssn cases Of elbow fever
in VicksbaFg This is not true. Bat Yellow
Jack w;li probably visi: ne with his ecourRe
ii We do not clean up this place soon. The
town is now reskiug with the f!thy debris Of
The two armies
Walking in through the railroad depot yes
tarday witnessed sad sight I he train from
Black river was just in, and wac filed with
soldiers enaaciated and sallow .hued. O1s poor
fellow who did not seem to be as lar gone ~
she others, thought that with a little assistance
70 eouli gas from the Car he was in to the
platform White attempting this he was at
sacked by congestivs chill lie bsggsd to
be lsii dowa where he was. The msn laid
him down in the dust and dirt, thinking he
would be better in a moment In less khaa
i've ninutss he was dead The men around
aim did not even know his name, uor the regi-
nent to which hs belonged. To breathe one 3
laat lying Ia the duet OF u mucb-travsied road,
without even an acquaintance near. is scsnl.
:ngly worse than to meet death gallautly on
Jh. battle field.
On the Louisiana side Of the river, In the
couutry opposite Vicksbarg, KIRBY Smith has
saved Gen. Grant all further trouble about
lookiag after guerlllas, for q time at least He
has literally destroyed everything for thirty OF
forty miles back from the river, and driven the
- I.-ls H. IL y
iines. Consequently Louisiana, opposite Vlcks-
burg, is now u waste and he wiling wilderness
that will not subsist gueriias. What the poor
people will do for ths nscessaries # iifs 1t ia
hard to cay. Slraly they are paying the pen
al.y Of treason at such rate &s to bring them
10 thtir eeDses coon.
Progress Of the Draft IN the United States--
The Manner IN schich 1t as being Enforced.
Ihs uaissd Ssatas panera hase Q various para
graphs about the progressing draft All OF
them show more and more plainly that the
United States treasury and not the U. s. army
is to be. benefited by the eonscrip;ion. We
make some extracts from Northern papers ol
the 7sh, which are interesting. Referring "a
the draft in Washington oouaty, N. Y, the
Toy Times says:
The drafting for Washington county has
been complstei. Something over ~, 600 has
been realized from the paymaDt of commuta
t;ons. The number of conscripts o. scured fol
seryice does not exceed over twenty Eve Of
thirty. All but about one hundred OF the per
sons drafted have reported to the Provost Mar
shai. TIE exemptions under tha law are 80
uuuerou, that large psr centazs OF the draft
ed-consdsrabiY more than One-hAif-get of
free.
Probabl of the one hundred who have NOT
reported but very few can now be found
Some have run away, and others had left when
the enrolment was made, or soon after. II ia
a pretty clsan sweep when all but ono hundred
from county respond to the call Of ths Pro
vost Marshal.
The draft in the 39sh district commences to.
day at Buffalo, and will continue daily tih Satur
day. the l5;h, uader Provost Marshal Scroggs
The fort has been put in readiness f3r the re
ceotion Of the ofiisers and the transaction o
tho necessary businsssO Of the draft A dataeh b
ment of four hundred soldiers from E'mifs
viii he present to support the authorities i
necessary.
Il is stated that the draft in Ohio will taks
place in few days; preparations are being
perfected for it at Coiumbus Dstailed squ sdl
from the Oaio regiments, to take charge o'
the drafted men, ara arriving.
The draft Ia the West, the Milwaukie Hfs
coastn remarks, has vsTy properly been de-
fsrrsd In ordar ~ enable toe Western farmer
to ingather Abeir prolific harvest, and alsO be
cause the sarrspder of Vickshurg diminishs
TIE necessity Of immediate rsinforcsmsnts =
our Southwestern army; aud ~ kosscrsRs /
taking it quietly he certainly has troops snou9l
| to meet Bragg's emasl army. Tho dram vii
como along some time in August, or perhaP
not until the lst of September. Il 10 desirable
| to reinforcs our armies early In ths aatnnu
as Grant should be so strengthened as to max
| the decisive movement against the rebellion
| iu Alabama.
| By mixing the new cOnecripts In the oil
| regiments, it will require hat few wssks u
make them all veterans. We suppose that tn
! FOLLY OF creating more regiments will bo abau
| doned. IL was q mistake last year L,tsvsr
regiment DO filed to its maximum before
| now regiment il authorized. The old officer
| have NO W obtained an invaluable exper1enee
| not merely In fighting, bat In the managemeu
Of men. They know how to take care
them.
| The Mddleburg pal Tribune says:
| L. is generally known that Of the drafae
| men of las. summer . large number n Chap
man to wnship deserted and rsfussd to serv
their time Ga last Thursday evening two o
ths provost guards went to Chapman and ~
rested seven Of thsss desertsrs aud lodge
them 10 the Jail hsre previous to taking theu
to town that body Of armed men, numberin
sixty, were ON their way to rescue tho prisOI
ers--thrsasening to burn the 10 wn ii necessary
Tne circulation Of this nsws created eonstsl
nation. and spread like Wild hrs, until son
country boys came t. town with their trust
| ria %. Ia the msantims the prisoners wer
sent OF 70 Hsrrisborg, by way Of Lswistor
a the mob had thrsssened 10 wsyiay II
guard between this place and Ssiinssross,
fsiled In the attsnpt IN town. The mob can