The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-08

"Ali deserters who take the oath of allegiance,
WILL II they desire II. be given employment IN the
q,iartermas.er's and other departments of the
army, and the same remuneration paid them is
given 10 civilian employees for similar services
g Forced military duty, service endangering
them to capture by the Confederate forces, will not
be exaeted from such az give themselves up to the
United States military authorities.
"By command Of Lieutenant General Grant.
"T. $. Bowers,
Assistant Adjutant- General
As giving you view of the situation from a YAM
kec standpoint, 1 snbjoin a part of letter from
"the Chronicles special" 1t shows that they rely
for success very greatly on holding the Weldon
road miserable deception:
"NEAR PETERSBURG,
''September 2 1861, n. NJ.
ave have entered upon the fifth month of this
terrible campaign. General Grant could not have
supposed the obstacles first met after crossing the
Rapid Ann would 80 lcng have resisted his powerful
blows lie avoided them on one side to meet them
cis-d-yis tomorrow. Commanders of more feeling
aud less determination would have despaired of
overcoming difficulties which seemed insuTnounta-
bic. and gone f. protect Washington, or have the
for the failure of their late campaign inres-
tgated -
IF Grant was deceived in regard to the magni-
tude of his task Lee astonished that his not
easily performed. few days campaigning
vas all he was accustomed! To endure on the south
side of the Rapidan All true Confederaes believed
in that line aa they Jill III special Provilences. No
Yankee could cross that sacred boundary and live
any more than slave could exist Ill the Tyrol-
Imagine how the great Nirginian's' reputation
must have suffered at home and abroad when We
marched pefseveringy on, i'll spite of strength,
strategy and opposition, until We settled around Pc
tcrsburg, and look from the sunny South upon
the five steeples that shoot up i'll stately beauty
among the Lee is the greater sufferer in these
under-estimates. Grant loses time, and men, and
money; Lee loses the Confederacy and his immortal
past reputation. 80 be mistaken i'll your foe and
tl.na al 1yaIl m,
emy defeated by an expected easy prey This is
the Great Chieitans' fate, and hard one it must
be to so successful general.
Three months left for field service. We
can endure unto the end Will our enemy,
already weakened and Worn, live and fight much
longer think not. Already they betray signs Of
desperation. III place of the former COOL cunning
calculations made to insure our self-destruetion,
signs of restlessness appear. AT last our presence
lis painfully felt and as each frantic effort to shake
us off only results in damage to themselves, they
rally their forces for another deadly assault and
raise the price of flour two dollars pound. Little
more is required than to hold this situation firmly,
and make it the base of other operations similar to
those which deprived them of the Weldon road
This can be d0ne the soldiers confident OF their
position, and feel competent TO maintain it in the
face of one-half of the rebel army. And the sol
ders know what they can do better than any ONT
else
.'Pcket practice in the centre and artillery firing
on the extreinities of the line, have regularly
Sometimes Petersburg Is visited regularly every dav
with shower OF shells; then there Is an interval OF
rest for that toTmented and beleaguered CITY.
a few citizens remain scattered over the cOun-
try. Their condition Is very unenyiable. Ii thele
is nything that has tendency To make rebels say
they are Unionists, it Is h,Ager Orders have been
issued to supply the immediate wants ot those ac-
tualiy suffering.
''Gcneral Meade LETT here last night on a seven
days leave Of absence. General Palke commands
during his absence"
All accounts, by deserters and Yankee papers,
represent that Mcclellan nomination takes well i'll
the Federal army. X.