The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-08

THE CASUAL TIES.
For liss of easuass In The Army Of the Potomac sss
second page
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.
Jen. DavIs' Reply to Gov. Vance.
from tne Richmond Dispatch, May 81. 1864.
1ee readers OF the DspacA cannot fail to be struck by
of shs remarkable document il Is thus FAR
and " We verify believe, sltogether unanswerabe How
torasion a. pssce How he open for that
desirable parpessf Every attempt TO communicate even
manity, with The desposm at Washngton has been re-
jeclsd with scorn The tyraAt has already proclaimed
the only terms upon which no VIII allow y us % srsa.ns
0 the slave - veil 40 Of The fres; OF The captive In bis
dungeon, - well = Of The king upon his throne
Of disposition 70 relax tho rgOr OF those terms Indeed
his Interpreters say that even they were not meant for
such still robeous, but for those abect wresches
The knees and kissed thc feet Of the tyrant.
But suppose the channel Of communication ore opon
Suppose could have FREQ to tho royal person.
and no bstacle were opposed to opening negota-
ton Does become 70 be tho hrst TO for peaceS
ton most unusllable has been made upon us,
only pretext for Il being that claimed certain rights
the prosecution Of This war series OF atrocities has
been pssps:rsssd Without Any parallel n the bis
whole time entirely on the defensive Wo have been
wiling always, and have long proclaimed 70
be at peace, enemy would consent let
On tho contrary he NOT Al this very moment wagiug
the war upon scale moro gigantic aud system more
atrocious Than ever before And should we crawl upon
our knees 70 hs footstoo with our petition in our hand
and say "upon such time you wanonly burned such
vilage-upon such another. you murdered so many sf
our helpless citizenson such another, again. you laid
waste whole district without provocation, driving
thousands into cxe reducing thousands to pauperism,
and causing probably the death Of thousands by
ton-and for all these kindly favors shown to and
ours. we BEG you to make peaces"
man who does the wrong that ought to nrst propose
reconciliation The man who suffers II cannot take
astep without humiliation. BY parity or reasoning, in
all the aRgressor ought TO make the st advance to
peace Tho invaded nation people cannot do without
reimbursement In our case is certain that nothing
but absolute submission would do, and Lincoln has al
ready proclaimed the terms which he will conde scend
10 receive our submission. These proposals. to initiate
peace propositions our side are the last degree per
ncious. They generate reasonable spirit where 1t did
not exist be ore and keep alive where il dd and that
to- whatever may 0e the Intentions o. .nose with whom
name as Governor Vnces given to proceedings so OBJ.
jectionable.
would employ arc Lee, j5hnslon Bcnuregari, Kirby
Smith, Dick Taylor, and their companons IN arms.
Accounts from Western Vargsnsa.
Corrcsl londcnco OF the Richmond Dis n,ch May Ill
STAuxros. May 48, lgyf
The extraordinary boralty OF the peope Of Ia cy
played on the battle Hell For tnrep vns years ne
been the same and, insteud OF being diminished tsc
derive fresh ard0r from the necessity OF self
For example, ~ meet the calls for the reso the wound
ed the late battles OF General Ices army wagon loads
OF provisions from tho country and daily baskets fr
private houses of the town have poured in In con-
tinuous and overfowing stream. Birres OF milk, but
termlk In such quantities thai washing tubs had to
be employed TO hold is; wheA bread, not ouly in
the greatest profusion, but baked IN the most
elegant sys apple ss
abundancs that thousand Wounded soldiers In addition
90 sIs Oc. Of three men
here without cooked raons. and In short time every
man Of the throe Thousand was supplied In tho most
bountifui manner with broad and bncou This Is but
small part what these people demo- and In doing
It have given up their own comforts and denied them
CO ebra,ed tribute 70 the valley people when see sus
acts ss these they slow change but when they
and Deep last spot Of the confederacy that viii
ever voluntarily succumb 70 oppression 10 s mountain
land.
The cadets OF ,he v. n destitute have won impersh-
able rcnown BY their conduct in the lao baltic with
sisel General 1aa ne naa never seen any
rished by the cousdsracy as the apple Its eye Gene
raj Breckinridge By the way universal favorite here
nuvrng u ths battle with Sigei was masery and tnas
the energy o bis movements reminds them OK jackson
for sss growing crops and vegetables There was proSa
by never much land In cultivation before. 7hey say
they know NOT bow n eus though the amount Of labor
greatly increased with the blessings Of Providence we
nay hope for glorious harvesia Al present prices many
essential articles high, though not high with
you Flour may be had In Rookbrdgs for $500, about
the prios hero, though Rockbrd9e has the ad
vantage of water transportation from Lexingt0u Butter
be he'd 10 Lexngios for I've dollars pound aod
bscon Hveor dollars The county OF Rockbrdge has
PROBABLY suffered less from depredatons 0 the enemy
ihan any 10 the valley :.
am giad - learn That the estate Of the amenod Jack
amply suhscent for The support Il his family,
Ne common oSiooa y ths CONTRARY being entirely with
eos feuoAasteu. ~