The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-08

support. Of his c0untry; OUT, ." s''o co'.:
frnry. licthad BEEN from first to last 1T
tackod ~ the crDakcrs and scribblcrs m
aha rear who were only too glad Of an
opportunity to drag him down. lie
honcd tho day was not far distant when
ovcrv croakcr IN the.-rcar would be
forced 10 the front. That it was the
nrovincc Of the Government to say who
should command Our armies, not the
ncoplc: and that this was necessity
which, no oac should gainsay. 81.
Gle hoped that this army would soon
he furnished with uniforms for that it
was impossible for soldiers to feel any
nriJe in themselves without this and
that when his pride is crushed the soldier
is crushed. 90,
He would like to see them with more
hayoncts upon their guns-that it was
the bavonet which gave the soldier con-
lidcncc. in himself, and enabled him to
strike terror to the enemy.
Gle cntrcated them to yield hearty
support to his successor, whom, he said,
was gallant and mcritorious officer, and
urged upon them, for the sake OF their
comrades whose bones lie bleaching
upon the fields Of Middle Tennessee, to
stand up manfully in the future, that
they might avcnge their deaths:
Without making any alluslon to the
campaign in Tennessee, General Hood
badc them good night and retired.
General Beaufcsard reached this
place three days ago. His stay will pro-
badly be short. His presence here is not
to take command Of the army, but to
look after its interests. | learned from
Major Willis (of his staff that he de
signs issuing an order to deprive all COM
mands of their colorS who fail to do their
part in battle, and not return their flags
until they retrieve their lost reputation.
Arrangements are being made to furnish
the destitute families about COrinth,
Eoonvillc, Rienzi, and other places in
East Mississippi, with corn, as many Of
them are very destitute. Many dcpre-
dations upon private property have been
committed by the soldiers. The citizens
had but little subsistence before our
army reached the country; hundreds
have been stripped of almost everything
to cat.
"General Hood speaks of issuing an
order to have soldiers shot immediately
who are found killing hogs and cattle.
It is high time that indiscriminate rob-
berry Of the citizens was chcckcd-lt is
the fruits of struggling, and the fault of
the subsistence department not furnish
ing food with more system.
II understand that plan is on foot
for furnishing our army with good blan-
kcts, shoes, ETC., by exchanging cotton
for such articles as we most need. The
advocates of the plan argue that it is bet
ter for us to exchange cotton for clothing
with the enemy than for the Yankees
to. capture the cotton, and the Govern
mcnt lose it, and the soldiers suffer fer
clothing.
81 had conversation with General
Forrest yesterday. He favors arming
two hundred thousand negroes. During
the past year, half Of his command have
been killed or wounded. Ross brigade,
of his corps, is yet at Corinth; Bells
brigade is in West Tennessee, recruiting
The face of the General is yet young,
but his head is silycry grcy-alnost
white.
"To-day the system Of furlet,ghing
began-troops from the Trans-Missis-
sippi have ninety days. One out of
seven arc furloughcd. Others are al
lowed a furlough, one out of fifteen
from ten to thirty days are givcn-so
that each soldier may have ten days at
home.
"Indications favor the opinion that the
army will not remain here long. The
eleven thousand pairs Of shoes distri
buted to the army did not supply the de-
mand. Some of the soldiers got nearly
barefooted. There have been fifteen
thousand pairs more ordered for this
point"