New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-02
FROM GEN. GRANTS ARJIY.
Jotinxs from the SHENANDOAH.

UARFERe TERRY. August 'i'-
News ia as difficult to obtain at this juncture'
~ a clean bed. The cause thereof as succmc''
for in either case lit Amt here
The Intelligent contraband" LETT here upon
wars first Eruption. He has neither returned,
nor "writ TO his friends" since the exodus. A
fact oil the more remarkable, when We recall
how his special friend and advocate, Thomas
Jefferson was enamored Of this locality. The
"rcliable gentleman, too, who always comes
from the immediate vicinity" has had his fears
so excited By Rebel raids, that one would liter
ally and iearfully re-yit in reporting an indigo
nous statement. The nativity o! the LAD whose
prolific Imagination instantly multiplied the rat
in the cellar to thousand can clearly De traced
To the Maryland and Virginia border
of the Rebel movements from Richmond
thitherward, whether for the purpose of drawing
as from It's investment, or as a means OF gather
ing supplies, il may be said 10 have proved
total failurc II but improved Grants oppor-
tunities before tie Rebel citadel, while, IN the
Judgment of those who have the best means oi
knowing, il is certain they did not steal as many
ANIMALS as they broke down, nor did they carry
of supplies equal To the amount consumed on
their long and weary marches, to say nothing OF
the jadng ot their men, and the loss OF spirit
occasioned by the news of disaster elsewhere and
the consciousness of no success 10 themselves.
I,v most of our officers il is believed that Lee
has recalled this entire force back to Richmond
Ia wrost the Weldon Railroad from The grasp oi
Grant. Some, however, incline to the opinion
that portion at least, will be dispatched over.
land 20 succor Hood from the investment of
sherman. few days at most will definitely
determine the enemy's design.
The cavalry fight on Monday, Is report Of
which was immediately forwarded by your ever
faithful II. {. g." Vac undoubtedly with that
portion of their cavalry covering tho retreat OF
their main body. The country may well feel
assured in the quick judgment, cool head and
patriotic heart of Gen. Sheridan, who 10 upon
iho enemy's TANKS and heels confident that his
forces are able 10 prevent the Rebel hordes
from repeat .ag the role of tie swine mcnaced
by pearls, however much their instincts and In
clination might incite them thereto.
About three hundred Rebel prisoners and de.
serters were marched into town last evening,
and little later another party of some thirty
more. In the main, they were the same genu-
inc specimens which have been recently making
summer excursions over the Ncw-lorh and Ere
Railroad. Long haired, small snakcy eyes, high
check bones, with EhOulder-blades like the shirt
collar Of Broadway swell, pesring above their
ears sunkcn breasts ord STOPPING gait, indica-
tive of tho beasts OF burden that they are.
Those are the rank Odd file, the sand-hillers and
crackers, the "p0Or white trash of the chiVel-
rio South. Then comes the tallow haired ofii.
Ger. efeminatc fucc, and generally a most deli
cate eyebrow under his sharp, teshless nose
thin ,ips. catfish mouth--with short body, long
attenuated legs, and arms reaching Jar beto'c TIC
kness-phy sOlogcally asserted rs penalty ma
ture imposes upon the intermaryng oil the
chiyalry TO MAINTAIN the purity OF Cavalier
blood--nursed by NEGRO mammys, pappcd on
whisky, coddled on tobacco-thls IL your +. L.
V. oticcr. Like friend Barnum'S trottlng anat-
omy, they are all bone and show And yet,
these men fast like Moses, march like dromeds-
rjes. run like deers, aud fight like tigers. When
Killed on tbs battlefield, though they instantly
turn as black as their blacklist chattel, they do
not Lecompose half so rapidly az our mer. and
when wounded and in Hospital, have less Of III
Hammation aud modification, and recover in
about half the time our own better bred, fed and
cared for heroes. Here's rich field Tor the ex-
ploraiions oi your philosophical nelghbors, tho
FOwLEEs They could give IN entertaining
treatise on these physiognomlc, physlOlogic, and
all the other ogic, deogcracies Of these peculiar
people, go jealous of evil works. Won't they
throw light on 90 dark n subject'
Talk Of the Switzerland Of America, your
Altoona pass, your Connecticut river valley, anu
White Mountain scenery, all beautiful III tl.I.
way, but literally nc,ehers as compared WIN
the wild, romantic grandeur Of these mountain
crests, crags and denies. No wonder Jenorsoa
was cnamored. Why our summer tourists anu
picturesque hunters don't more gcneIally sno
themselves into tho custody Of that very prinee
Of railroad managers, VIM. Prescott oliiln' ana
make the winding circuits oi tho baitiinof' anu
Ohio Railroad, must be because inc hai' VI i's
surprising lovoliness IS not kho"h' vi 'ooa .u'
rival routes succeed in moguliynS m excep-