The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-19

| THE COMING CAMPM6S.ALL DIXIE IN FIX
| FEArmgR.A correspondent Of the Ecw YuI,
Wmid, writing from Iuray, Page county, Va
:iarcli l3, fur nishes the following:
The first days Of spring find all Dixie In fin.
feather From the fiasco of kilpairic. and youn.
Dahl.ren near Richmond, from Mr. LiUcon's shock
ing experiment in Florida, from Pa!rner'S disastrou:
'epuse at Dalton, and SherniaE's ma7nificen
Hzzie, they gather glad auguries for their il.
the com;rg campaigns. While We iust enter
ing upon season of political distractions, divided
councils, Jealous Generals p0racioas spccuia;ars
and WTangCg press, they bring to the stugpia ar
united people, hlrmonous Journals, and an ;nn,
stronger ii.an ever before, ad eager for the trial
coacu5ions-Stt0n9er no; In numters l,rriiacs for
i, can,ot exceed iWa hundred and eighty ti,orsau
oi i arms, but in ttc s,ui o.! which i: IL com
posed, III equipment, III supplies, il disc milne in
tried leadership, and especially in confidence and
nigh hopes. Veteran regiments have been re
enlisted with ten!ar.abIe unaRi,Hity. men and
horses have been pradently recruited suln,-
dinatc officers have been selected and dis
tfibu ed with strict eve to their ability.
tch''iy' and popularity; and The rese' We
tos't organized aad atIiied w suffice to main
tlia the fighting army at the required standard Of
aumberS aud efficiency the artillery Is powerful
and oi The most approved patterns, ard the cay
i.tv. though less numerous, perhaps, than for
merry, has been recruited in,o high condition sr!
thoroughly reviewed Lee is said to have twu
hundI.. and sxtf pieces of artillery in his in,n.e-
iiaie c"Himand, and tile equipment of The rchc!
irinoiies l. equal 10 the demands o! the most viz
oToHs campaign.
Ii is notion fast finding acceptance among Vir
giEians that the coming summer is TO be decisive
n the fate Of their Stdte tsat II Ir ppyI yriu.f
should Hnd our arms no further advanced into the
bowels %! their land than they are ROW, our po!,ti-
cal ard military powers will abandon Virginia rs
nccraible, and trins;et their attention ic some
less Wiiiiul OF her sisters. Ecaiinr in onr
Journals Of the mad carnival IT proa.gtijty and
heartlessness in which New York is plunged, thcy
say line Babyoniln catastrophe is Il, hand, and
they r. lticc that .hcy can go iort!. art. meet il
wits strong arms and eXniins hearts
HeaUiitae Il iUnd cry again goes up for offensive
operations The army once more demands io be led
into the green pastures and by the still waters of
Mar lard and Pennsylvania ia-Hor OF those alone but
If Kentucky and Ohio rs we'll However iaiy il NAV
ALI on the ear o Mr. Davis, II IL certain, even "a
write, this cry Is unanimous aud strong. II von
point them u AE'ictam and Gettysburg, and ash ,
He" about those 'fhey answer, rs in their b ind
nfataalior they always have answered thai An:;c-
tain confirmed tho South ri boast that they could
whiD t:,C Yankees one to tMc; Tor there Lee with
i5,03l mrU, fought fol The greater part of /, day
neatly one hundred thousand OF ie enemy uader
lhef abest leaders, held every inch Of the ground
that night, de6ed Them ia battle array the nc II
morning, and then made good his passage of the
river without the loss Of wagon. AS for Ge!tys
burg, Meade owes his success there, such as Il
was, TO swollen river, short ammunition, and
Da"is's refusal to reinforce Lee from Richmond
rhsy maintain that Sickies s right, that Meade had
begun 10 retreat, and that on the 9th he d:spa chcd
an order IL the General commanding at Frederick 4
10 hold ihst place al all haZards. "rhey don't
IL say that they were not defeated AT Gct,vs
burg, but ihey would like Ia Try ii over again."
hui not all 0f ihen--ihe Maryland men in the army
said to be warmly OPT osed To the project
Ihc more thoughtful and earnest OF tie people
lament i,e partial decay Of that rriiea,s senti-
men. which, ins p.reh by the personal example OF
s'tnnaw..i jackson, ani prompted by his discipline
4 year ago, ran ia an epidemic cf c:;tasilsiS,
through, The ranks. When Lee led The army into
.:aTyland, every nan of entire divisions carried a
equipment and his daily exoieise. The ,cmaika
be conversion, through the influence OF the dying
Jackson, oi TIE formerly passionate ana pfcfane
Ewrii, who AT one time complained that he Tad 10
do the swearing for the whole army, produced a
powerful impression, especially among the Virgin
ians and Mary nnders-an impression which Lee
did his best TO confirm, aud which, though not so
plain as 1t has been, still abides.
Stuart is stirring, and The gay lads who "toliow
his teathcr,' have on their war puint when he
comes w.ii let you know.