The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-12
NO Ga.
FROM GENERAL LKES ANY
ARfIY OF NohrHgnn yanaIs,..
NEAR PETEasBUao, Va, Septembrr 10. lsc4.
from our o@n cory4ses.dsnt.1

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| ARfIY OF NoHTHERN ylnaIssa.
NEAR PETEasBUas, Va, Septemb~r 10, lsc4
Atlanta has fallen; Forts Powell, Morgan and
Gaines have been surrendered into the hands of the
enemy, and Jack Morgan e deAz Truly, uissor-
verses the rejocings which res0ua throughoat the
entire North, and bear IN mind that the enemy
nounce large aecrctions to their ilitary numbers
and you have the military situaf5d4.
The month Of September viii likely witness no
grand military effort, either on the Virginia or
Georgia military chcss-boafds Grant aud SheIntnn
are, meanwhile, not Idle Their camps are busy IN
preparation; and backed the akhorities at WASH
ington, they are making ready to deal hard
knocks by the early'' frost. Fsds est abhosfe do
ceTs Is motto worthy to be remembered and acted
UPON Ii the enemy are engaged 81 gigantic prepara-
tions for overthrow it belooyes to be girine
them.
The Army Of Northern Virginia needs reiuf oree-
ment to its fighting aaterirf This reinforcement
must come at once |! Can the Government get them
answer yes. LIN the first place, there are to-day
o' iess tnan nee thousand dose-ooa.ea detailed men
III the quartermaster, eonanissafy, medical and
ordnance departments VI this army, whose places
can be supplied by negroes and. disabled the
negroes to I'LL such places as teainsttys and drivers
aud disabled men the position Of clerks and messe-
8ofs MANY OF these men, from Mforitlsm or other
causes have been kept out Of service for years, il,
indeed, they have ever shouldered arms Let den-
crai Lee and Secretary Sedon u!f ~, and these
can be Under ars anI acting gaa soldiers in ten
days Again, there arv1e detaasd for useless and
ovasive duty all over the State Let these be re-
turned. hear it said that forty thousand names
ON the muster rolls of the Army Of Northern Vir-
glnla have opposite their respective the sim
pie word detailed" Again. the State Of Georgia,
with readiness that does her credit, has called her
reserves to the front. II the States Of Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina, will just now
initiate her example, Hood and Lee can both re-
ceive in this way valuable and appreciable rein
forcements Let them be called for at Ere
thirty days shall have elapsed Grant will re-
eeive his drafted or volunteer All that
Grant expects them to do is to man his already
almost impregnablo breastworks whilst his old
troops are disengaged for work the TANKS. Shall
General Lee be reinforced by men, or shall this
army, worn with the fatigue and exhaustion OF a
long and bloody conflict be forced, i'll the hour OF
its triumph, to lose the price of victory by lack of
men! Some OF the papers are calling for Congress
and the Legislature to assemble If it is meant for
them to assemble in Richmond to take up arms and
march TO the front, L say Gratoi Ii they are ex-
pected to meet there to talk and legisate, say
There Is already legislation enough Let the laws
be executed. The President has power enough. -
Let the Justice, equity and necessity" exemptions
be curtailed, well those of the agricultural
classes-all of which emanate directly from the
War Otice-and We shall have men enough and to
spare 1t is not necessary to rob the States of their
Judges, clerks and sheritfs to fill the armies 1t is
not necessary to destroy States rights. The mate
rial TOR recruiting the arns-bearing soldiers is in the
army and s,ndeT control Of the Var ODfce. The
can be furnished i'll ten days If Secretary Sed-
don determines that it shall be done.
Let not our authorities and newspaper press
LHdt NlClO-
ries can be achieved without men nor that other
delusion, which is inevitable the heels OF each
disaster, that the people always at fault and
skulklng The Government Is not a myth but a
real tangible entity and is clothed with the power
to recruit the armies Will they do it, they have
done before by the impartial exercise OF the powers
and trusts confided by the representatives Of the
people
Now THE ACCEPTED TIME--let there be no delay.
The teamsters, cooks ambulance drivers, clerks,
and other detailed men, can reinforce General Lee
five thousand men. Why should the authorities re-
fuse the brave men i'll the trenches the companion
ship and support OF such obvious and necessary
inforcemeats The reserves are within ten days
call-no need of an extra session and new legsla-
ton The men at hand-all that IS needed Is
the order, strangely withheld for them to fall in
III We delay till frost, for legislation, the
events VI the interval may supersede the necessity
of legislation. But new grants Of power are unne-
cessary. Execute the idHS, and all will be WE'LL
Perhaps this communication may fall without fruit.
II its suggestions are heeded the country will be
benefited if ignored will not answer for results.
REINFORCE LEE AND HooD the suggestions OF
prudence and common sense, which l cannot sup
pose authorities will wiifully disregard
The enemy have nearly finished their branch OF
| the City Point road to the Weldon railroad and
everything indicates pufpose-so soon as they are
strong enOugh-to make bold effort to seize the
Southside railroad.
This morning, about o'clock, the enemy massed
eleven skeleton regiments in front Of Fnnegan and
Harri.s skirmish lines, driving them IN from two
lines and capturing some thirty or forty prisoners.
Finnegan quickly rallied his skTmishers retaking
the second inner line, and re-establishlng his
pckets at that point Our line Is now receded about
two hundred yards In some places, but not more
than fifty yards in other places, OF what 1t was ON
yesterday. There considerable cannonadlng
during this little affair; but all is quiet at tins