The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-05

whether the future, with whatever aid
they may receive, will be very produc-
tive Of gratifying results to themselves.
Three of the fugitives were seen run
ming "crcss the peninsula by MIR. u. L:
Wrig. It, a gentleman who has vineyard
there. AS soon as he heard the tirlng
he got out with his gun, and seeing the
three escaped prisoners, called to them:
"Stop, or I'll put a hole through you as
big as my hat :" At this they halted,
and he marched them back to quarters.
Another was brought in by the guard
yesterday morning.
THE YANKEE RECRUITING, AND WHAT CONES
The Yankee papers arc often filled with
notices oS new regiments raised by re-
cruiting, large numbers ofvoluntcers, etc.
How all this works may be gathered from
the following letter from Grants army,
published in the New York Times, which
is not "Copperhead" paper:
We hear of the President calling for o
force of several hundred thousand men.
The papers tell us glcefuily Of the ra
pdity with which enrollments are taking
place; presently we hear every town and
village boasting that it has filled up its
quota" but where are the soldiers ?
The bounty money has been paid, the
men enrolled, VIC will suppose but where
are they? That is the qucstion-a ques
ton, too, fraught with such momentous
interest to the nation that it is to be
hoped every loyal voice will keep shout
ing it at Congress until our law-giyerS
feel the necessity Of looking into it more
narrowly. Let people go and inquire Of
the noble fellows fighting in the field,
and they will soon learn what has be
come of many Of these dearly purchased
men in buckram-costing something like
enc thousand dollars each before thy
havo EftAh a iinaar in return
AS an illustration Of how Some Of
them disappear, here is the record of one
single regiment among those that have
come to my notice: OF three detacl
ments Of substitutes sent from Concord,
New Hampshire, to joia the Fifth New
hundred and twenty-five men, one hun
dred and thirty-seven deserted on the
passage, leaving only four hundred and
lightweight to arrive at the regiment
OF the four hundred and eighty eight
who got to the regiment and were as
signed to companies, eighty-two deserted
to the enemy from picket line; thirty
six deserted to the rear; four have been
| discharged as utterly worthless, their
physical incapacity being 50 glaring, and
of such long standing, that it must
have been known at the time of enlist
ment; five have been sent back to Con-
cord, to have their cases OF enlistment
investigated, by order of the War De-
partmcnt; and two have been dis
charged by order Of the War
Department. Thus, out of six hun
dred and twenty-five of these bounty
tempted warriors sent to one regiment
only since August last, thers are only
three hundred and fifty-ninc left; and,
as these have come to the army through
the same vcnal influences, and probably
gone through the same loose or fraudu-
lent examination, it is impossible to tell
how many more may follow suit, in spite
of the death penalty before them. use
the term Jiuudulent advisedly; for, out
of the four discharged as utterly worth
less, one man had one leg several inches
shorter than the other; one had hernia,
that had made him a cripple for many
years past; aud the two others were
such impracticablc imbeciles that any
imbecile, without one particle of medical
knowledge, must have seen at glance
that they were utterly incapable of any
duty whatever, mental or physical
These arc shameful revelations, but the
sooner the public are made acquainted
with the existence Of such monstrous
abuses, the sooner do We stand chance
of seeing them rectiiied.
GREAT "REBEL" MOVEMENT ON HAND.
The Alezondria (firyinia) Journal
contains the following important an.
nounccment:
We learn from persons who seem to
have been Informed in regard to the Sc
crcts of the secession leaders, that plan
was seriously discussed by the rebel au-
thorities for the sudden massing Of all