New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-16
FROM Tag ARMY OF THE JAMES.
The New Army Tile Provost ma'shaps
GaceWhst il 10 nnd wbut 10 does
starynfisn Priecs ~ Hichw0n~- What
ths Provost narssni Knows -F~e's
nhost the Rebel Army.
.e,aCor-.spanastrea q IN. N. Y. TrFsune.

HEADQUARTERS Of Ia. ARsiS op rsK JANIS.
BY recognition as such by the War Depart
osni the aruy commanded by Gen. Butler hes become
ofieisiy s. It was first Ia fart Tho Army Of the
Iames." Hence yohr correspondent ST these head
quarters assumes te new style ia the caption OF lis
letters.
Nv t,rt adions the Office Of tbs Proycs.-Marshal
and the scenes enacted there directly beneath ny
eve sat cannot bot note hom 10 myself as now DO
fer yes A Provost NarslRis Office u ssie'y valve
s.cspo pipe. clearing boase court OF iustco'
bui sau Of information headquarters Of deeetives-s
place where t..i9ot Us own regular business. all
the fa-enls q business tbe belong nowhere in par
;eUlsT come All are attended TO- Here all prisoners,
de-er, aud refugees. aro crArciHed sn1 Interrogation
oNtlined som these aud other hoTe soldiers
s.rrsters sullert negroes and rebl resid ats rpor
taor gfe7ancs. obtain hearing. solicit privileges or
m, brought, eIsunca and di,osed OF wien guilty Of
any sort Of misdelaeanof.
III Provost Marshsl must bs sn officer O, peculiar
i0rsfcs.onsof courteous manners. that evtTy person
coming befre Lin uey 30 perfectly nj eas9i else tho
loI,-t Scsorter or What ro wiz H.; De able 20 tel hs
sto1y ol,1y and consistently lie gust DO caicer Of
kcep and accurate perception an dfeerryegt. else he
VII be imposed upon b. got ~ tales aid false iaelna
ton. he must haze apnesJ IN affairs and prompsle',
In doeisioD ESQ DO could never dnpa,ol the mnanso
business tia! coea iato lis hands. In short he must
have faerI,y-Tich IL III. ord used in he "Hn. tors
Wcoi1c 10 characterize Ags Kate scEdderi ebe was
woman Of faculty" These qualifications re ind.s-
pasat,e Better yet to those 10 aids cunning psn,
which ,isn IN brief zinc dr. en order or letter
Dispatch. without oiioualocltion. persy.c1oGsiy snd
forciNy And stu bette, H hc be SHORTHAND vrter
sbe 70 take r,rj1.,s record n q er'1@ns'oi' INC
accuracy Of which shall. se unqrestlonsble
peserttrs uow co71s over d. the ra.o os fQ.on -
raoro per day. Isoh Of those .seIs ,nod separately and
a record tssrn Urls,s there arc ssspc.ors circLm
aenre. theso ere permitted 70 tako tAe osth 81 ale
glance AID sro fir1i.ied srbs'sence End tan fste
tioa 70 any point within orr limos Which thoy may
eAcoso. They belong 10 oli tao lobcl slos ihongh
ger rrnrortIoa are from regions which have boon pos
sesesd by Oar fofces-Tcnness and Ncaton Virginia
They nantes, great pssslIes al me reception Aey nest
sad iDssIlsby declare ei large pumbcs ofthcir h'e
comrsdes arc deferred from doscToA osy ~ tho fear
o. being pressed into our service.
Eceides they have beon led b. believe tSst the Nr.h
l. on the pont Of Yielding that therefore there VII be
little more fighting. tAnt peace wiz DO declared snd
their indepcndence acknowledged soon after the cleo
ton Of Mcclellan II November. md this induces them
70 hold oat tie two intervening months.
But 10 the provost naehags Office sgLn. Tie Pro
vost- Ms,sha, Lent John l. Davenport as >ritc e
ex.n ing number o. refugees eight or ten Who let
Richmond lat night. They are nearly ell IIishmen
have boon employed IA he Confederate arsenas u eight
doIus re- day. end bsvo left re6oldom bscauso they
ooull NO. I've on their wages They avoided Tie Eebsi
pleke.. wore taken up by oars and have finally bpgh.
cp before tie provost marshal
ooIs ragged. poverty stricken cut All eeloowS
az down .sttbe.heel set Of beFsars you never fs-
tsey actually looked pincasd aud tamishsd Yethey
hsd eight dollars day. Rebel currency. Bat fols Wa,
Eve hundred dollar. barrel snS greea corn ten dollars
dozen cara, and thoy vore siLved ont Of Richmond.
1ey we7s AIDE 70 sab1,s themselves nnli We gtasPed
tic Weldon Road wien prices u focd 1850 Of jump
beyond eight dolsa day Cor enough to feed a0oTef
ss tae dssertera they win be permitted to tale tie
oatL Of allegiance snd DO cent wherever within our
lines tAcy please al hut His first story "as that
Le hsd bcsn living IN Richmond five year,, hAd not