The New York Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1864, Page 2

9 “ _NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNE: SDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1864. —-TRIPL® SHET IMPORTA! PROW THE ORTH, | ; (ho warrow coum emt end gh OF (o0d45 Aystetutod for sameiary ] But, s'cango as may seem, tuo maxtmume, rao Supplied va dhe hospital to Cle pakionws tw Rreator Cave CAPTIVITY IN REBELDOM, | tas quantity taaved to those in Lhe Cant re pd enjopmagat of good Health aud 64p) rs largor Supply of food Doriag cay aojoura in tha Oospila., througa he kind Tateresting Narrative by Two Herald | 0°" > ne cee! eee — | paad on the regular fare insuod. Lbad Croilitiee afforded | sodiag Lo markot, aad bkowisa of having prepared food, amd ia amanoer CO Suit my own lasto, TAK MALABTR. os of meats and provisions Could bo found ia 9 miarkars, bo excepting game of all doseriptioas: but | some Cow articles Of groceries it was Lnpoasible to obtaia. Yea aud codes, Chat is the genuine articles, were aot to bo bad, wo piee being used in substitution, bu’ my cov | (regs, tae correspondeats at the Castle, recsived bona! ful supplies feom the North, aad of wuick Layailod my rr) ViCE AND PROFLIGACY IN RICHMOND, for uae sue THEIR EXPERIENCE AS CAPTIVES, | CASTLE THUNDER AND (TS HORRORS, TAUE! PROOARS LN AOMPrTAS, tT wl be perce) ved, Ou the seore of dict f bare a> com- plats to make, but T wilt add that such is not auiversal. | roe ly the casa It is of usual occurremce for the patiaats to camor for more (ood, aut beiag coatent with (he ration INTERVIEW WITH GEN. BUTLER. issncu 53 Tn fact [ bawe caver wiinessad, and shasid bave decom ave? ed incredible, cases of afigh gross gluttony aa ware here fre quent. Taleremaré anpites yy to.the rebel prigonor Woo wee thera undergoing medica! troatmont, dad cy belevo that mauy deaths were superinduced by wee eating ¥ sound straagely CO Charge mea wit dyiag o eating (0 excess ina Souther prisoa; 60 T muat modity PER aN my assertion with a qualiicat@a. The surplus supply of ¥ food was purchased by taemseives, not farmisuad by tuo Strength and Disposition of the | govscomont a: rhosities Enemy’s Forces in the Trans- It was customary for ihe class alld to to make tourt Of tho room at mealtimes, ou expaditions of mendioity, ee Resion. and f Wel givea cage ia point’ to uisateada the envenous Appetite possessed Uy these creatures. L A (ollow. who received {ull diet auch as £ have de- | ser bed, ta adeition to this ate four loaves of broad, and al: che coatributous of food givea to him by the rest of the pat ents, to lest t ai exteat be could eas; cortainiy {t sea gh lu the agg agate tosubsist three hea ly The Rebals Determined, if Not Able to Hold It, to Lay It in Asbes. THE FORTIFICATIONS OF THE CITY. THE LIBBY MINSTREL TROUPE. THE COMING CAMPAIGN. ATLANTA, ceoret, THE GRAND PRIZE, rd of iho dificuity ia obtaiaiag mod os, (had aatpipated a xarcity Of many of tha sesgutials, but fouad that thare was ao articie of coal | nary impoctaues that was dedoisat. A vary good articie of whiskey was iaaued ture kimas daily to (hose de ilitated by disaaaa. Gn entering (49 hosptial fresh chauges of clothing are provided for each persoa, aad tuese are rexewod avory tro oF threes days HOSTAL MAN AGRMYR Secret Propositions to the | to das, ¢ tave rarely aeeaa hospital goveraea vita me greater care or Adelity ta the North, under the direct oa Rebel Leaders. Of medical gurgoos, and ocr ows ano tho. patios From the surgeoa in charge, Wr. Bartoa, to tho Lowes! @ubordinate, the dutios incumbent oa tuom, individually, aro faithfully performed; and it affords me groat pioasure hore to offer tay persona! testimony that to this hospital there is no distinction made in treatment betweea men of the North aad of the Soutn. MXPRASSION OF THANKS. I feat it my duty to moation eiogistioaliy tho names Of Drs. Barton, Lewis and Well; tie two last have my of @hoe People Ripe for Revolt Against Davie. The Redel Finances Hopelessly Prostratea, hoartieit appreciation of courtesies extended to also | my grateful remembrances to Moss:3, Lewis, Langa'raw, &.,, &., &e. | Spillman, Herbert‘aad Womer, of tag aame hospital. DEvELOPMENT Q° Di3SASK, Tt is @ notabie fact that many discases untit re- cently unkaowa to the facuity have been developed by (tis war, oad [ waa sarprised to feara that a large pro- portion of deaths were superinduced by a malady atyted poeumouia, It woutd seezn that whevever this disease is doyeloped It ba tfes the 1 of the physician. To designate differeat do- Grees Of maitguity this disorder is termed simpie typuoid aud double typhoid pueumonta, aud rarely have! seen one afected who survived a period long after its incep- tion, 1 have seen 9a many ag twenty deaths ia a room con- tulntag less (uaa Afty persons in an interval lew than five weeks, al frou this dweass. But ono of tue deceased was a Northeraer, aad he wase seaman UY calling. ‘It is an ailaction of the lungs, and generally resulta from exposure ‘Tae men of the South ave what are termed piysivtogicatiy harrow chested, which implies tho possession of luags of inferior quality, and the three yearr of exposure conse- quest to this war is now eniorowg tho penaity, ‘iho number of deaths ia the ranks of the rebei army from this one canse is appaliing aud daily increasing tu vat.o. CAPTIVITY IN RICHMOND. — | Die. Geosge H. Wart’s Narra Wasmixciow, Jan. RSCORTHD TO RICHMOND, My jast despaica to the New Yor Hararp left mo enroute for Hiohmoud, and | will continue the thread of my narrative ompagra.: as: voyage and myself were then escorted to Cupapper, at which poiat we passed a night—vo ad- voutero or incident having transpired in the meanwhile. On ths nex! morning we took passage on the cars for Richmond, | war evening when the cars approached ths city.» (ieniag a curve @ panoramic view was pre seated (oo. eager gaze. Richmond, with its churchas, Spires #24 bavone Velebing chimaeys, pic'ure-tike, loomed It to describe the varied and Long and eavuestly uad I cheriched the wish of visiting this fay 3 #!vonghold ef reve! rule; but aad @aticipated During the last few days of my impiisoumont no moat st under difoveat suspices, sbieided by the protecting in. | wag issued ia the hospital, molasses boiag aubstituter Muones of my own Cag—the glorious Siar Spangied | 4 iarge quantity of cattio had been soni to 1.60's army’ Bavos:. and aati! a ronewed supply came in the prisous would bo But the gates that had defant'y rofased to opeu to the without beer. horote oftorts of (he Urave thousauds who thuudered fur admittance (rom the malerious marshes of Ube poninsula voluntary d to give entrance to @ prisoner LURBY PRIEON AND CASELN THONTER, Whoo we alighted from the cars the shades of evening had gathored. rendering the light 80 wucertain as not to AKKY AKCOMING SCARCE. ‘The Joss of the graziug coustry ts Dow boelag keenly fo't, aud they are threatened with the eni.ve deprivation Of boot as an article of diet. Uwe faot is established boyond aif prevarication or at tompted concealmoat on tueic part, and that is, famiae pormib a tair view of (he city, nor were we allowed time | siares them in the face. Neithor is meat the only artic\o Cor Obaorvalion. Gur guards conducted us through the | in which tuey are delicieot—scgar, molasses, our aad town to Cut place which. of all Others of pole io | maay otber essentiais, !tistene 1 have aot had an ex Kreomoud will be lage Corgetiev—the Libby Prison. | teasive opportanity of observation; but it is my firm Taeol oo! siate that my curiosity was excited to | coaviction thatthe suffering of our prisoners has beea eee the Suitding, made co famous and so familiar esaggeral On tuqairy 1 was informed that to Nortsoro ears by silecting tales of provisions for pri Onera were sapplied by coatracts Iatod On ibe medium ke publ A on comperiag (he fist of articles that were issued with the preted schedule posted on the walls of the hos. pial { discovered {iat vot more than one-third of ths de sigouted quautity eas issued. sere are LO causes Chal Operate to tive disadvantaga of presoners—one, primarily, tho wearcity of provisions, aod the other, bardly les* powerful, tue capacity aad raveaily of the coutractors. We learned on iuguiry that the officers then coutlaed, AK RATIONS OF TAK Rams! WHOOPS, among o:her expedients your pater te lemps, like caged 1 Lave soea the rations of the revel soldiers detailed as birds, begulod their weary momouts of captivity by | gusrds to prisoners, and tam satisied that tue mea in warbliug @ereet solace to themselves, nud had formed a | our armies would refuse to do duty, nor could they bo Corps Of ausicians, w counted in ily ranks several } servicesbie, if kept om such dict. artists of superior morit. We were allowed t romain Generally speaking, their troops are tily clad, and pre but @ brief period, when our conductors ted the | sent an appearance more ragged than elegant. way 60 @ place little less amous—to Castle Thunder. SEU RNITY OF MILITARY DIACIPLINE, atic individeais who bave read James and Toe severity wilh which breaches of military diecipliae or reguiation punished woud seem cruel to ws io the North, and wou to the unfortunate deserter if he bappoas to be a North Carolinian. The prisons aud hospitals a Richmond are illum ned with gas, but of such ioferior quality that good sperm candies would be ap (mprovement. DEK RLION OF THK OTE. ‘The city of Richmond to-day presewts a diflerent aspect from its former self. ‘The hotels are crowaed immense, This winter ba ticularly gay ous. Although anything ia the shapeof a domicil or shelier commands incredibly extravagant reats, yet no building is don; labor is mot to be bad. ‘The demoralt-ation of soclety growing out of the present state of anarchy is very great, and (be city ts crowded with ministers t vive, Although stringent enactments are made by their legis ature (0 extivpate (he gambling Houses, they fail to suc coed. [am told that some of then are conducted in a olyle of sumptuous magalfcence, aud all the allcrements Uuat entrance and facc\aate the weak are there introduced with « skill that robs them of (heir poison, } Te HORRORS OF CASILY THUNDER. | {he oume of Castie Tawnder throughout tho Southern terribly 9 eof suffering wud of degraded 1 justly 1 isatlotted principally to the Incarceration rom the revel army, bat is the abode of a ton of weeteher that I defy the world to offer a | resem biauee (0, ofa tors of binckest dye, (he murderer, the coarse rofian, the paltry thief, aud, mingting with them, the un- fortagate oflenders agaiust some petty technicality of the law. TWO (poms are ass.gued to (he almost exclusive use of the Northern cil seu prisoners, and one of them, Nor was the iuterest diminished by the velit then entertained, tant we were there to take up ovr quarters for aa Ladeduite period of the. Sou the y wae reached, and we ware drat ap. Prigod of (he fact by the sounds of harmony emanating , to a9 ear nol UDpracticed, appearel to be excel. m them in advance thet Cartle Thunder ts pot at alt caaties of Chore distieguished geatiemen; in fact Mure (hore is anytuing but romantic, as we sovn dis: ovored Os arriving at the castle we were delivered into the custody of (ue commandani, who registered our names, fod bo thon formally announced that we bad the privilege of boarding and lodging Wo wad loarced that Mr. Bulkley, of the Hwraro, had toug beon aguestof the house, and, as misfortune Is Kympathotic aid loves society, we yearned to be with him. Our wih being expressed, we were accompanied ; ' «i the Goatiog population ts a, as | am informed, a to the room where Mr. Bulkley eojourned, and from him received a warm and cordial reception; likewise from Mossrs. & chardson ané Brown, of the Tribune, who were also tamates. Through the kindnese of our (r.euds (the (bree gentlonen namod) we were accommodated (or the night, aud in fact owe geeat!y to thelr courtesy and friendship, which ex* tended to us the privilege of partaking of #uch®as thoy possessed as long as we remained. (ur journoy =| woarisd 05, and we slept soundly. A description of Castle Thunder and its denizens can receive greater justice (rom the pen oi Mr. Hendrick, my feilow sufferer, as I remained there but a sho: CONFINED TO NOSLITAL. t tedisposition induced me to cha | tos to the hospiial attached to the prison, in wh ee | apeat the subsequent interval of imprisonment. a arriving at the hospital Dr. Bell, a Confederate sor | 0!) gon, on duty there, arsigued to me a comfortable bed whieh, by way of parenthesis, was an oxtravagant lixy ry coatrasted with the floor of the casite. | t Luis pri | of deserters My malady having considerably abated during tho 1 diet sl received up to the time of my depar Hoxt tweaty four houre, the Doctor prescribed tu hod good, wu Rut those rooms dasigued to the rebel jar living tableaux of vie@ and misor; read of and never «een elsewhere, Imagice a chauber (euanted by @ mass of beings, cach dragging a bal! aod cuaio, prodaciog by the clavking a ture. at preseal occupied by Messrs. Bulkley, Richardson and emmy uot b> aniuteresting to describe the ict I re Brown, @ unquestionably tue elyeium of Richmond pig. opived wt too hospital. For breakfast a cap of milk, a | oMs. ise = leeae stieoe! wheat bread, a plate of stewed moat, and \° Lean appropriate y styie Ubis as a utopian prison; for OOEASIFNN YY AD OFS iM addition Sometinies molagies | acia of dishonesty, vulgarity or crime are comparatively Wes Bubs 4 for the stewed meas for dinner chickes ot care occarrenes, Soup, alice Of wheat bread, bolled beer and Worled chicken | fa emal.proportions, bolled potatoes, volied rice timer hominy was subetituted for the rice, and (or des. @ort Five pudatng or © rd, alternately. 0, oasionaily | Feceived stewed oystets; but the inetances wore rare: wel a Some have racely For supper « Of milk, tea OF coflee and a stice of | po petual ve san dio, avd on the arrival of a frosh ad bread. Yhe above te the uswal quantiiy ant quatiiy of | dition to the citele ths clamor inoreased iu intensity by fare issued to the prisoners iu the hospital, Cousisting | the loud demgnetraty lad of welcome. Ob! for words to both of Uuioa men and rebels ser be (hem 60 /&bged, dithy, repulsive aud disgusting Pore wan (o health the rations (ssved would not eof Ore (hese greatures’ appearance, Avy color conals who should eater these fooms decently Cid, 109 Ye Lo Lim, Lhe Us as once poluad Geeta Aad Whee Boe, partioulariy for ove loading aa active fife of ouidoor empovare, bat for mon confued fo. Weeks aud mruibs of fyur walls, @ | Common i os A BLES OF combemtion, after vblob, af the wir Com hae @ 96 Lo reoueH Lha 1988 Of Inks clothos and money, he Cav Console bimsolf and blots his ducky shuns Cunt Ho we worse, Ht Crequont!y bappens tha! hyo are tost du tg Lhose OGourroaces, aud CiK@ geoaes of Cle nll aE BL! Ping 1 my oars. La AADLLEF FeO BF 6 fy be Goon CroML es woartag Vine forms and semblage> of mmo, bit who ro logitimate mm bers of tae porcine tribe, aud a! 10 Dedtaw broks loose fureishos a9 comparison 1) Un ais clo and domoniacal orgies excited By b> appronch of {900 Hore ade by Bide, cam bs soem the birdoued vilaa, wo counts bs deeds Of raping and of violenoe as A Goueral would bis victories; Cho uidaigit assrsei who glides about bis prison with callie atealih Pd haalyitual ia i! Go foilow bia pefarioua calling aad (Lo poor Wwrotch go unfortunate as LO be Buspaoted of poverty aod found guiicy Uere sociriy «a covoivhoawed aad ita orgaoiciva rovorasd, Cor Lo be honest is 0 be deapisod, bie arisloor. cy sof come WLb pateiciaa diguity the bised siasuod murderor dspanses patronage Ov the plobelay pickpocica! + Gad yto@arcogaatty steuts by, smiiag with pujing scorn om innocent misery, Ls. But {wel deaw cho ved over mamory, Tharotcaspect vo viow of 6 Peco gt bas, » Pao wy ena Comoe” vrauce THR FARE OF PEGERTKRS FROM THM CATON ARKe ‘Tho 99-catlod Southern confederacy offers but (ow in- ducements to dasortera fromthe Univa amy ts00 with tho britsant and prow’ aounding titio of An ight Ging. 3 (ho exclus.v@ domaia of such aa hayo Coma rer tothe enemy. Peobably the traatameni thoy'rsg9i ro 4 act I ally tae most cruslOt aay Class Of Adi, and, ‘ictio ag toy d)- serve Bympatby, involuatarily a sentiment of pity wil! Gras 08 soe.ng thar truly depioravlo goudiiow Kis aot my design lOg.ve a aiuto aud doiaricd accd.ai, Boliber would ik bo interestiag, a concise opiiome will embody all of actual juteresi thai i have to aarrato DSPARTURR FROM RONMOND, Oa ths moramg of our departure from (ionmoad a de toctive eavorted us down to the fag of teace boar, epoo ‘which wo found Cot. Ould, tbe robe: Oumm stoner of Rechango, aad bis assisiaats. Wo were rayusted bo co. main below dock while thy vosaet passed Fort Daritug aad Drucy's Blu, but were afterwards iavicod tocome up. We ware tuo roc jpients of much oivitity aud Courtoss from Major Norvis, Confederate Cuisl of Siguai corps | aud Oaptaia Hatch, assistaatto Col Ould; and to (hese | goatiemen [ows tig expression of BrALolut ackvowtodg Mend. On arriving at Gity Pot we sawouce agaa thit- ieving ta tha breere that prowt oid Mag—tas Siripes—aud, aa ii its wave carried with ub thot {08 of feocdom, 1 could thou, avd ouiy than, reativg Guat + was inaling ta9 aie of tiburty. UMDKR THEE BTA AND @a the Uaion fag of t 0 OWE WLR ce boat we wees cordially 19 coved Dy Major Melford command. i Carnot expreas myself tu terms of aufiiciont sign iOcance to ackaowiedgo uy appreciation of tho Maior’a kindness, but chore is ao petsoaer, @ikuer Unioa or Confederate, who tar over becn & passeager on his boat bus Las Bimilar Bantingals. INTURYERY WIT GSNRRAL BHC On reach.og Fortress Mouroe wo Laden iaterviow with ocr miads of ai. suspense, by grauting the reicase of tho ‘Wo could hardiy realize the great boon he had granted us aes 9 farms cat NTs ee hott men, one regt- pickettog in oar | youre front aud performing collrign duiy, whilo Waker, with | regiments, att ta the courde of a conversation with the General {ad- vorted toam ariic'c (uat appeared in the Richmond journals charging the commission of atrocities of the biackest mue | Mwity (or al: past offences agaiast (ao goverment. (0 the credit of some negro troops under bis command to North Caroli { told him tat some Southern gentie men had oxprossod themscives to me as groatiy facensed | Walch ts intended toact as au auxiliary ta the defence of and Highly indignant on reading tae article im question, ta roply to them [atated that 1 would atake my exist. @2ce that It was a base, Bparions Culrication; for were tt true, Genera! Butler would bang tho ofomdera quicker an be would wore they rebe!s. Tao Cenoral ondorsed moe ia what | aaid, told mo—to Use bis Own words —- You did right.” Further, that ao far from tis being the trata, be was iv receipt of & communication, signed by some Ave hundred of tho promivent citizens of tho counties ia which the alleged oToucss wate commitiéd, representing the couduct of tie »e3:005 ia toraas of uu quatided praise. ‘THR BBRAL® i. CU temas CA a AT, T mast aot close without gi creating @ Bousation ia the rebel eamta:, 1 aiiuda (0 tog publication of an editorial under the caption of Rob Roy | mao, Anaored witty doulie. cai road 4roo, aad ave of the ia one of the daily issaes, ‘(he opivion seemed to prevail itt its effec! would be a lappy one, as all the gueritias woul seo toomuate Rob | SUF We Che Alrongest beat ever boii, uot ox Roy, and honor, gouerEsity AVA Courtesy We Lut ised dato Uaeir mode Of wariare. Gag day, i looking out of boo window, § thugs wtod @ cavatior, who might baye been a Kade! Maier gous raion a horse which might havo wei waionsed to the Hawa; but E wilt not be pos: LUM PRISON METAR 4 cnclosa a programing Of exterianmané Peso at iivsy Tak (ARAT PRON MESSER ELS. i ie. a . Cuandier wre: Barnyard te vt | Do ey aa ime at Vice Crore to Duct, Viola and Cloe= Hoes oii Mass | mubard aad Jones ait “Chand ‘aviain Maw ati Ramdoijra Hass Kaade phe Major Neiper nu issgUMEAB: Baul. Geagrai Butior, who, iv @ manner 80 graceful, rolioved | 4s SOrvics ta tho Kasiera Vopartment, That this digat~ Peiouers for whom we came to exchange ourse!ves, thas | boncdt to (ue Unioa cause canasi be koowa. ing tho ieracy thoerodit of | customer. But the mnst forurdadle bout fa tha river ie ‘Fes | hor, aad.are ve | smaiioxtent, | ated, is trae to @ great oxteut, atthough arith gulllcient utant Jonge | Witt the marks upoa thom, snowimg that they wore = nape si seediaitianetibonibioihaps posi _— . ‘ a and 0 doubt satisfied (hat wm treteny Canerel tata anger hung over tho Btato, tho yMunteors ware avon | bio movowont by Way OF (hy Primos etyor, ton ¢howsnad had eurgerdod (ortho wkarost exiont of Dis cateutations. | asty Gisvanded, ned rotarno4 to (how on 860 Os igMOd Lo operAQN ID Nort horn Virgina, a anert Om Bot, os ubllad, thoy Mad UO Hs!4o track, avd were able, OPO OF ENO plans Of Genora tuts wane filly dove! oped vod S004, 40 Hnvow LhoW fo: Ces tO the Ebrass card pOluks beorem@nytinng of cosequouce cowld be accomplished — Purthor than (hia, ty ho withdraws: of Hoarty (9 Catire force om our Hmmodiate Crout, (boy wore cuaviod 69 CAPOish Gongral rce wth aa army guilt. crutly Largs 60 Assume thy offensive, 401 beioro many tance balow (bo line of are aod Odio Raitroad, od Donerai Saw Jonge will Bourh wast carnar of Vingiova ont aiety (bousaad troops a vi / Or tho operations fganai Gougral Grant theo w it UY 999 fuadeod and Atty (aomnand broopa under Genarat Sola Now. bosidon wonky faye thousand uidor Longeivest. forts * a9" rebuinad for tho defence of Chactestoa art eight thousand for tho defesc Brow Soup oanrone we AT ARTS 7 ‘The worth oto of Atfania is wat foriiiewt Gor ars oF seyon mils from tho town, out vy the elyer Chat hoochee, thors ard Blrong workR erected. serenely fio pita. Pues works aro privoipally datended €o remit raids of tho Unionists, 98 tho peopl, as a geusral gbing, do not Oxpect aay more serious atlacks Atala w@ tha moat Importiini place aow oft Lo Uns Cov/edoracy. thers Gays Lo will BadoUvLedly Ho hoard (rom ia tho wloiiy | are more Worksnops G44 manifaciorios 1a thatesty (bao | eyiccy enous od trogps wast of tho Missiaa, WP). whe gag OF otthae Hore Buwive OF Litto Rook, white the alacrity | 1m any other city Bow io posecss.oa of tho carat | be brought to retuforce Jobuston. ‘herd on beat dow aud dolormioation with wikich tho Texans rospunded to | authorities, Our iaformau! (mots that the rebels wourt | CHOEF thon sand trope We vareooa dolachad pOiath, aad the call of General Magruder aflord th n that hy ° Uinrty thouswad (a hospitais dad ack ‘Laie + Akoa four “anor Magruder ailo'd Chow Hope that het giuch rabuer give Gp Richmond hay Avante. .Wi90v9" | qundred aad sovanty three thousand troops, un Chia Ms will bo able successfully to oppose tie at extent, of Gouorai Baaies’ (orces, Genova WallLorpin the mnoantind, will Cho main body Of Hts forces. oa the Mod fivor, near Cho Moute Of Kho Atchafalaya, watching care. fully the movenaais of tha gunboais, aod preparod to prevout Gey caid of importance which might vs atvemtod for (he purpose Of taterfering with the iabor of prepariag tho fori icadus wader progress Ou Rod sivar Tho most formidavie dofoagcs Of Rod civor, beiow Shrovopert, aco boing constructed at (ho site of Fort do Russy, wiich was Ovagualed Iai your DY b4O Coouy Oa Luo aprroach of (ho fumboaie, Ths fort is about thirtr-miles Helow Alexan . Aad consists Of aa Sxtous vo @xrtiwork, mounted with soms twenty guna Of boivy ealib-a, supported by SLOUS HA Lad FIVOF, And Asainted Dy two {t 6 lo 49 ald by the poriion of Cho tom under chargs of Genera Waike® refereed to above, ‘That thoy wil be abo to max a strong figtit at this point, 3 tiygaly probable, as the @itvation condora tt very ai cull to Maokyand & wilt have to be reduced by tard font fightiog % L OHURR PORVTTES OF DEF VOR Ths oaly otnor pos:iions of defence dn feuisiana aro at Grand Coteau, about 120 mites anove tort do hand alSnroveport At Graad Coroad, cighty mulos oy direct trae from Siirevopori, (uogdaave bul Lurce hoayy guas MSuated, bul Cas positioe 3 very ¢ able Of defeuce, and Ag tbo counsry About i awundaatiy Curaahed with sup plio® Ht 4 supposed Goadra! omita wit! mike @ etubbora eOSistaNCd At bais point Ef Forced bo evacuate 7 do Russy. At Shreveport, om the osatra od, to aay | Atlanta ts captured it ia bis opinion that Lhe whols Ho Lh om wilt@have gone undor, fe talkot with maay of Soldiers Of thy BOnfedoracy , as wali as wa many of Lisa Perle, aad be found that thore war» Horm few to fave OF FeCONStruct OM aNd fo: 0 uo at bose who ao ttnpressed with Union mealies lave to Call fa with he generat curront of opiuion Whoa soces blvw Gist began (he masses Cho ght ie was ait right— loot (Cwas the oaly thiag iit was ies to the South. Nothing clso was oxpressed at Cunt time. Bo! aa 6000 05 FOVErseB CAMO Cho Poople began to expresa Lueir foo! fags agatost tho Southera toadors. ur this sentiment, either ia Georgia wor any othor piace, caa over reach any Available polut of uscfuluess. The Loaders of tino roboitiou wht! keap tho bayonsts of tbo South tu ths fila as long as theg-can, fanamich a5 this is the oaly pridgs bot ween thom aad completo dosirvction, This observaut SenVloman eiaks dhatthore ts us ope for a cossution of, ‘boatilities unt! dhe army and (149 o6plo shati vise up and Bpork Out (holnminds;wbUt {hea tar collatoral question “artes, will thoy ever be ale to do i? ‘TAK CULVZENS PRTRRMENED TO Dut THK CITY RarTaRe “rHan eusains ~ 1a vogard o tho possibi'iiz of Atuata fatiing iato tho frands Of tho Unionists, our tnformant thinks that tt wit! bo of no possible advantage to Lo Bpion army. Although many persons think that AUaute @ii(’ bo taken and docu pied by'Gon, Grant, this gontioman thinks tbat it will bo a mattor of more than Ordinary difloulty to accompliah euch afeat. In Atlanta, a'iuouga tuare are large atores of food and munitions.of war, it ts tae frm docermiva- tho force wo will bave to content wea durug biign of 1869. | Dave gome further ao wanemt Cha, Wolo thy morntag: aL cen of Linore, who bag pean ta Roboidom fi ar ived boro the oth fagnes of your © unt ou, of wealth and ov (ho same princ.ple thai rats ioave a alaking 1 emoy ad four Lours’ conversation wth bia: Chis tine va wee bin Spee aud below is the aubatance Of Boma Ol him ie formation, +} May mention, before goag ierther, Uaat this goutloman was tho chiot executive officrs oF Sng of tho Itrgoat banis 1 the “oui at the dime che repellion Broke oul, avd that he 600A Biter Oaned to cha rebel govecnmeat, out of bis private funds, ihe dum of $40,000 ka gold, whicd be naver cxpacts to aoe agate. Ht ts fie fatention to take the oath of aiteginacs immadiately, to renvnnce the devil aud al! his works, And bexceforta to 6919.8 Obst von burst. ‘Toe ‘the South are alec wd disgusted with. tho war, sao hair: Bait. At compen eaters. Agaimat ino falter thoy re ripe for they oviy await atoader, @ud afayorabio moment, of “ibe yoke Of dell Davia & vo pa EROS orice pend Siripoa, and to re turn to chi 08. ao Anavces of the com chore currency 15 #0 wi ‘tas conscription “aud tas beon so cigiain enleroes on uino-(ouths-of t a that there is nobody aes ee the Minton ot the: begroes, avd tho he taba Jeti to tnemseives, are agg 4 Of conducting: prtiones 29 agcicuiural op fi 9 is that there wii bo ao crops cee raised tn (bo South this yoar. Last yoar thers was em (tolerable crop of wheat rt ‘corn eased, bub tho Hinilod means of transportation at the Souta render At alone unavailable, 0 tired are (bo poopie of tho way aud of tha ditcom cumbecod, op wory Goran da) ‘oust wen a earth F | (ca of the inhabitants go dostroy’ererveuing o forts and uigory (hat eolais that Chey are withog to Te eee men’ Ot copategparthy ae “ile - thing cathor than | ecot-apy terms of rocousteec whateyor, f Choy large dimans ona, Command: rg tha vives Camplotois, abel va thom 0 fatt tuto Cae hands of sha Unionlats. At could only bo dativored trom (is aititary domination Movnlod with Riad of Very HeATyY Calluve. Baeeveport is | Aecow Ay preparations have been mada tor tho | uoder which they are groasiag. sonora: Sunith’® Gordy: Jin cars ofnaceaity te, J evecuataa of tho piace, aud for caregta p} This wil be tho great obstacis i tha way of cruabing & a age lua 2000 tn.0nto Gece ty Sa Baan ah : Wes? Whe eae | oar OF} uc the rebellion; bul whon it. 1s Out 0° cheesy the rome Wess seMod, WU AUDeCIMtONs (ho dofonces i@pe'sor Hie [eveything valuable, showia circumstances Conder | wit'be cary My uforiant aseures me. tbat che sours shud will wadoudbediy be beous foo pay. aud Qhe | Hascenary, ‘hore are theae peinciyat poatapy which | wil havo tn the Bold in the aprivg (ally Ayo hundred thowsand Croope, and that it 15 vadersiood to be the to tgntionet the rebels (0 invade Poouarivana agale rd ta tho spring All the boys.19 the Bowie eho wore (eon aud Aixteon years O'd wheu Ube war bazan, aad whe ave now Crom sixteen Lo eightees yours of age, have bee forced sto tho army, and this Lue numerical strong of tne Fouth ia Che spring witt bo restly form datio. to (bua Btrengtbemng (how armies, howover, ft im thought by tho most intelligent meu tw the South thot the rebel gogornment have really weakened their cause, and (hat thus a fatal biow Baa beow oe @t the pormavency of the confederacy, mics already in tue Geld are now poral ieee. for tho first time during tho war, from the want of clothing, shoes, stockings avd blankete, and the atock of ammunition im the confederacy has boon (oar- fally short. This is tae consequence of oNectivoness Of tho biockade, which is aOw such toatl goarcely anything of tbat kind if fece:ved Crom Europe, as it was for Ti is therefore pertivoutlyaaked by tho inost fntolligens mca in (he South, “Why put stilt larger srmics iw the Heid, whon wo cannot etber feed or clothe tho armiep “that wo havo at presont ?'* A Stil! more sorious dofkiency that will stare the Kowt> én tho faco ducing tho year 1854 wilt ee ve Of emp. kots, cannon, sabres aud oe @ualli wrms 60 many have beon my and asstroyed thee thore ta vow bocaiy enough to arm tbe mou that ere at- cordy embraced in (ho Southern arancs §=‘They dopend om gottiug their stock of arms ropieashed md Bib jroo tho bluckado; but this ope bas proved dotusivo. amany voasols wih cargoes of arms vy ‘poard have @ ok or captured that prudence Gp ptenernnen e | arma to thet manner, B'o Some muUsots EEde | the Aouth, but oot oc bys many as aro lagt or pan 91 norses ‘tho couates ts voariy deainod, and the werd (ev coutinue two roars mors Vas eqQvibo race be about extinct, fast pomt ia Louisiane capab.s o° oforiag dyieaco agaiast the advance of the Union aciny dafgnded with at: the obsttuacy cad command. MOXAKH OF tue TOON Tao Texans aad Louis aniias kaep uy a cowstaul quarrel arnoag thomssives—tho Toxaus boing steatigers ta tas country, aad aAaluratiy wild ant tavriors, considering thomsotves porfost!y justitlod in foraging and tmposing upon the pedpio, waom thor despise ior tue apporeat pathy amoog thom regarding tho war—: the extreme secessionists among the Louisianiaos having toag aiace Voluntegred and Outored tho soryico, and bolug mostiy Of --¥N Ca Ho Carriod ayray , towards Maoon, Augrsia aud Aiavama, Nearly ali tho govorament depots aro butte upon tho Ling of (he eat'coad, 69 that tho ears caw de A! ways Teady to convey away everytning thal Is io ve ro moved. Tas roves wilt Gover aliow their stores to {aii toto (ho baads of tae Union army, aad therefore wilt be great diMloulty experienced ia providing [00d 0: ‘@ laage army of men and horses. Tho supply of water iv Atianta is ceguiar aad pleatiful. Tho city ts priacipaltly Buppiod by wells, bul thor are aumerons ittHo spriags which alord @ coatiaual suvpiy of pore and boalthy wajer, PAOTOATEA AT WORK ON WAL MATAREAE ‘Tbero are to the city Of Atianta vo (ess (haa treo Largo factories contiaually at work, by nied! and day, manu faciuriag Cott’s revolvers, guns and sabres. Kor eigh- teon mouths past Chis work has 0900 going on without cessation. All the cloihiog of the Georgia troops is mado ia Atianta, Poor working women often como ity atics and more from the taterior, aiong tis raliroad, to got sowing from the goveramonia! aciborities, who pay vory high prices Cor Ubis iad of work. Thee the poor women wo aro ati farther of, and therefor Hot withia casy «eack of the city of Atianta, ere supp at by the couaties, wiih funds raised expressly dor their rote. ABUNDANCE OF CORN IN THK ROWE. Thora ts, ia fact, ap our taformant etatos, Hothing Lo slarvation iu the Seuti, Thoy tavoabuadwace of ocra, Gud, as a goneral thing, thoy raise @ vast doal of sweet potatoca, with which (hey principally fed. Yaoit army” during last Gummer and actumaand this wiator. {f,bow- evor, Graut should bucosed in getting into Atlanta, and destroy it before the noxt season for saviug wheat arrives, it is generally doubted whothor ive rebels wii be ania to g0t food enough to support tho: mas ‘ As (ar as tha fortiAcatious of Atiunte azo concerned tis travolter does not regard (uem as (ormdable; the prino!pat ebstrvciions to (he Advauce of a tacge army are naiucat ones. The Hae of raitrond betwoou Chattanooga aud Alianta ts wol', bat not very Gicongiy, fetilied. The foction amouute :o sullicient, to jastity aug antict! fo a man thoy are tired and boartsick Of tho wa od might oo porsuiaded to tistow to aa offer of compromise presersing their lives aod properiy aad guatanteciag perfect im TH WAR VERA, ‘The navai Coco at the command of General Smiih, and tho river, consists Of Bovora: (Lares, T believe) river steamers, coitou-ciad, mounted with a piecs or two of fight artery, aad satooted moreas transports than war vessels. ftesides ¢hess, tho W. i. Webb bas beou re Gitod ant atvengiheard talety, aud is jnstty cousidered ova of ta mos! poworlui bouts Of hor Biz afloat, Hor speod ts cacommos, aud sho caa be bandiot wita the utmos! ¢13¢, Tao itmprovomeat made wpor for ditring tho past season consists iu O8ing her bow with Bold Limbor for some twenty-si« feet, makiog ber a poriectly soltd mass for som forty foot from tho oulside O& ber bow Sue 6b armed. wilh two fae cided puas of tuirty-t0o pound calibre, wad wit) wadsutodiy prove & davgerous THE REBEL PLANS @he Increase of the ‘Rewer Acmire—Oome saliniion Between Genera! Lee and Jef, Davis im Regard tothe spring es Gee Srrosmondonce of (bo 5 Loute Ropubtican WAsiNGTon, Jan, 27, An pte Brcived, bore (com icinmond a or two ago wi uageerenace Woil posted upon tho of tho Rohe War Dopartmo |. and, having given mode bone oF tha information, { iay 4 Before tho publio, Em rogard (0 the Aogeco of relia’ eo attached to big ao- Count, } cam oviy Ray that Fi vw no cooupied @. aw ta'oly Gorsbod ram, mut after tao fashion of the Aforrt fivost.amaterial possible to bs procured. Indeod, gome of tho boss of their naval acthoritics clei’ (ar 7 ai Ricamond@, until vory rec: ve Le peevtly f tho Blercimac or tay iroasites nad Unadorbacg | \4ea ta too bbuliding Of those worics Reams to have been tho | ounoriumty to Become aor . me were factored ke Kngiand expressiy (ov f Recreation of raids, and uoi ops opposition to atarge | tefowred (; aad Curthor, that + nave Ube best rosape army, Yor with the toag distauce betweon Clattamooga i Leo aud Atianta, tho dificuity of trausportation, and ¢he atti! * task Of subsistiag and olherwiad providing” Qrmy,our informant thiaks that Gea. Grant, if be really snowid ro in this direction, wilt aa ne hoaviest jov to perform wiioh ho bas yot uudertakon. THE REFUGEE IN BALTIMORE. aut ahd mosi porfoct Gi teir ao (tom. Hor armamoni can Horece:y bo eccolicd, consist ing, ag roported, Of 4d eight. iacty :i1ed gua cayiured on bho Lodianoia, ous otoven-iacs, sent (rom omond @ your eluco, and Bix broadsida forty-two pounders, riled, flor two heavy ynasare ia the how, avd are |itoaded to be Gred at the moment sie Birkos agotbe. vesa0i, flor ram, or beak, w vory poweriu:, vad extours sume twoive foet beyond the bow proper. Hor ongiacer, souls, 19 the game who was on tas Arkansas, and on her trial trip eho ram hor six mites an hous obo rad corrent Of Red cevor, Sho will prove an «giz customer to deat-witt, aad will probabi7 dd groatiy to tue OMicioncy Of the d fence of the civer. ‘Tae suthovitios hope with these, tho Missourt and Web), to prevent our boats and laud forces from takiag Fort Oe Russg; and X thes are not at. tacked there they wilt ne dount assim jour ze Our Baiiimore Correspondence, Aviivad of a Refcg:e—The Prospects of the Rede's—Signs of he Tima, ae. A refuges (rom the Southwest informs mo that thoe i3 Che moat uncompromising hostility throughout the whole of the South towarts tho avis oligarchy and the mon composing it. The most industrisus efforts aro taade to blind tho people to the roa! character of the men composivg the Northora armies, but without success. ‘There are thousands of men ia the rebsi arvmics who, when they wore impressed into tho military service, were competied to leave their famitios ta want. Thoy re sido ta those portions of tho conlederacy that have giace been occupied by the Union armios. Tooir families aro uow supported by rations furnished by our gonerais com maadiog thoso armies. ‘They know this, and (hey know tuat if 1 wore aot for this kindness on the part of our boldiers their f would iarvo to death. They aco men, aud they ara deeply moved ai this. ‘Thy ovjcot boing eithia ber voundaries, ia co0s!deration of the large: Bho bas already dovoied to tho war, and the MATE ANUS MCT ‘Che lack of evory tivag ut the bare necessaries Of tife, reports of which have generaliy beou irugin exnggor- money almost any iaxury oan be obtalued ‘Tas food of tho soldicra is Coarse, but wio'esmms, and gramaly pion lak. Winile at Natchitochos, is the iaiter part of Bo comber, @ large amevat of diy gods Gonsisting of gray army cle Diankels, boots and whoas, matots Of thelr cause from the peoplo, and the latter, tneie gouftdeoce of fast ‘ucom 1s moh suakeo, defuse te admit the time has come to despair. They necessity of a inst aud rate offori, and the major ace det armas to siand by the Contederate gov orumemt to the oa » playing ecards, Ac, ‘ tna eecoat letter atated was oxpsctod this oam- anager... ; asin) sertet, ts ceomoreecies ieee Roorkee in ass | qaamatactared ia Now Eagiad, Tneve cao by the way | daciare that they cauaot and wilt not agit | Sir" n2arntaat ‘atatos te imosease of tae total ee — ~ a | Of Texas. Goods ia large quantities were also arriving at | against @ govorumont which acts iu this kiad | thereby wilt be muck git aren leat Bigha - Tue whoie & couei de Will eee GRAND WALK AROUN ertormanee tw commence a nik 0 cor, rw ‘Adjutant kG. KRNAGGR, Brstaess Agent, CAPTIVIT Vv iN ue ANA. Me. Witte Gatenots Despatem. New Onueane 18, 1864. ‘Phe wafortuate atuir at Bayou Corbeans, commonly denominated the battle of Carrion Crow, and whiok re- sulted in a very severe discomfiture of tus Union forces, aloo occasioned the capiure and retention for a short time | can rely apon popular opinion nud the foars of the robels of the Hsnav correspondent connectod with ihe forces in that section of the department. Thanks, however, to the generovs conduct of the Union ofc: aud the esteem ia which they were held by the rebel General Dick | probably move ia ‘Taylor, his release was at last obta\ned, and Be is nce | moans of more restored to Lis friends aud home, was unconditional, aud no restriction whatever placed upon bis divalgenee ia relation to (ue interior of the | which, It Is possible, and iadoed highly probable, would ~| rebel lines west of the Mississivpi, aud ay much of the in- formation which he had the opporiy to comfued may prove of interest to tho readers of the Ha RALD, & Deiol resume Of tho essential points may be given. SUMNER AND MAPOSION OF oRvES. ‘The entire force audor arms up to the Ist of January | rebellion, He saya that (ue geaeral opiaion in Attanta, ia the Westera Departinont uumbered about thirty-five } Ga.,and im {not wil through (he South, iv that General thousand men, composed of eighteoo tiousaud Texans, nine thousand Louisianians and Missiesippians, ava eight | early spring. He fears, howovor, that ns. ‘These forces wore under the com. | Acult, if not ad tmporsivia thousand Arka mand of Lieutenant General Kirby Smith, with Lieutenant General Holmes and Major Geuerals Magruder, Price, | talnous country like Georgia, without any advantages of Mouton, Taylor, Green and Walker as subordinate com- | water communication, and with the liability of the rai | mandors. ‘The positions of theze thirty-five thousand mop, at (he present time, are as follows, ihe large force which | ous job to keep up communications aad got up supplies for tureatened the front of this army baviog been recently withdrawa:— General Magruder, io Texas, hos been reinforced with the division oder comm: Groen, cousistiag Of alyut Toxaus General E Price, at Crmdeo, Ark., bas beon Sivongthened by Mouton's com Rock ;aud Gon. Taylor, tho defeager of Western Louisiana, leas gow ander his command bui tho division of Cen. his mata force, is pear Simméori, warations for defending Red river, MOVEMENTS AND PORTH WAT IONS, As 5000 a8 Our forces Commenced the retrograde more ment ia Western Louisiane tho eno, body of thoir troops to the defence As bia release | difficult, as the roads are rough and mountainous, with uire while } consequent retreat of the robe! 4, about five thousand | Georgia is tht Atlanta will bo the first point attacked strong, and |s prepariag for a movoment against Little | after tho opeulag of the apring campaign. ‘Ihe people of Alexandria piace Now Kear, aud dey goods particn'ariy tuad become considerably retaced ia price, ‘Tas lack of timo must be the oxense for not going more into detail ia this acooumt, and another Lotter will be soul by the next stoamer giving some other facts and personal incidents which Oaims wader tas observation o your correspoadeat THE SOUTHWEST. manner, They embrace every opportuaity to desert, aad tuwadreds do dosert and come iuto our lines evory wevk. Wherever our armies have advanced in the Souin, the abio-bodied megroes Lave boon rua of still further in tho interior, 69 as to prevoat thom (rom getting iato ovr lines. ‘Tue iofirm and useless ones are left for as to feod. ‘The cvasequence of this is, howover, that in the heart of (Ho Koutl (he vogross are 80 thick that there are serious apprehensions of afamiac; for they produce nothing. “They eat, and that is all,” and there is not eveu enough for the whites to eat, ‘Some of the actions of the rebel leaders would seem to indicate that (uoy are almost insano. When (he terms of enlistment of their soldiers had noarty expired the robe! handrod ant twenty-five thousand, pe toned thousand. 0 ae hundic po oer -five th ae take the’ total orcas ot tba, rebel tom on this i Mississippi an aggregate of. two vomeaetle - tivo thousand troops—av oxtraordtoar; saaeer the circumstance; bat the follovring eaimete of troops va the Geld at tuis time will show it iy not oxaggoration, prov ded the ultimate resulis a oa sara 4 feet. General Leo has forty- acmy of Northern Viegioia to pl must bo thousand scattored throughout the State. fa North Care. ‘iga there are five thousand State troops, and a few thous. sand Confederate, has fourteen thousand @t Caarioston aod Savannah. At Mobile thore ia @ force of foros thousand, All the commands ia Mississippi Sie importance. of Allanta a Military Potni—Vetermination to Defe ‘Tuere is no more (aportant piace ia Lhe wuole Southern confederacy at this momont than too city of Atlanta, if we bana so aan G.toen thousand ia eight iheaswad fa Rast iy pe ne to about one huadred and fifty thousand veteran housand Congress passed iaws, On two different occasions, the ‘This force of one hundred and afty Ut voorans themselves, Atiania is some ove huadred end thirty- | operation of which has besa to compel those veteran siete seirem yy and valone wir tcompurdiae eight miles from Chattanooga, the tact place eing | troops to remaia in the service for two yours louger; aad ting the ‘ a ne a the point from which to Unton forces wilt | this without giving thom any furloughs. This caured tho vetsras wit to the maja arm the coming spring, ‘The | utmost disaffection among the troops, rosulting in novo seat rogue aloo wl pi teh transportation, bLowever, ace very | ral cases ta open mutioy. This feeling bas Leon quelied | occupy positions iu the rear of ihe troops ongagoa active warfare, Gow, Leo arcived ia Richmond on tho 24 month, and remained there alve days, during luo was in constant consultation with Je Davis and by Corea, however, and the troops aro compelled to remaia ja the services; but they do it wawiilingly, aad with hatred of their (grants in (heir hearts, Now that every man to the confederacy is couscrivied, it 1S impossible to Obtain substitu Vormorly trom $1,000 to $3,000 were paid for ther My informant bad ined Peter Biunt, Peter served at Vicksburg, was captured there and paroled, Ho camo Lome and came straight to the house of my toformant, He related his experience in detail; vat when be came to speak of Gone val Grant, or ho called bim, Mr. Grant, he burst out jato raptares. “Mr, Grant!’ be exclaimed; ‘Mr. Grant’ why Mr. Grant is the greatest man the workl ever saw, or ever will see, Thore 1s no othor man that could take Vicksbarg, defended as wo had it. And then be waa #0 kind to us alter the surrender. He sont us things to oat every day. He sent us blankets, He sent us medicines. [to sent us clothos, He gave mo these pautaloons and a pumber of loug bi tdgos Wraversiny m here wad there, celine ba burned down on the advance of a Union army and A We have seoua wel! informed geutieman receuily arrived hore who has iray- oiled exteosively through the South, and who is wojl ac: quainted with tho bearings of the whole question of the toa aad for future was admit obo! War Department in ard wey conde. robot War Depa oe ae gi Py jtions—s, ¢., the spring a eeses des cay lea Grant will eoriaaly move apoa that city in the ig will be @ dit. complished, even Io @ hostile aad taoun- it to be by such a gremt general as Grant way conections being cut i, it will bea rather hazard. ao army of Invasion as large ms Gravt's must | thiscoat. He came down and talked to us, and the mea be, According t the opinion of our tm. | cried like childron, Think thom men will over fight formant, (he commanding general may send | against Mr, Grant again? [ reckon not. What do you las, i of Major General | out heavy raids to seive, burn and destroy the robel | thick 1am now! {am the best Union man you over saw.” to anpend the right bank of the river, and, crossing above nix thousand men, ali | works in thecity, which are of tocaloulable benoit to | And Poter told the truth. Ho weut across the lines, took | Whooi ie 8 line the “Pan the Southern cause, Tho general impression throughout | the oath, entered the Union army, aud is now, to is in. tonse dolight, fighting under Mr, Grant. ‘Tho military operations of the confederacy in tho apring will be dirocted to three objects:—First, the ro. covery of Knoxville, Chattanooga and Kastera Leunesso0. Gocond, an iayasion of the North. Third, tho defeuce of Richmond and Charleston, and that part of Virginia whicn foyal States, nde by roads, to soparate (this could aot be done euleles i that Stato, with Uhis idea in view, are making tho most detormined preparations to resist the tide of expected in. vasion, Boys of sigtoow and mon of eighty of Ajo aro being aritfed in the same | ts of thom fea with tho | thoy now hold. Some machinery has been removed from ora making active pro- | ono idea of defonding their new: confederacy, Our | tho Tredegar iroa Works, at Richmond; but there is uo ‘ented | ate informant that whenever au attack is made on this | intention on the part of the robet govornmeat of aban: tolls mo that be t thore will be @ heavy force of robels to ro | doniag Virginia. They ere confident that Richmond can sae coivé 818 forces. Whon an attack of Rosecrans was ox. | bs dofended by the same lino of tactics that has bitherto oe tice 1y hastoned the mata | pected the rebels bad thousands of men rondy to docend | been auccesatel; aud and (hat will not be changed. At the Topo wil be coat polats tureatoned | Atianta against bis soldiers, The robe! government opening of the ayring camsvele® Gonorni 140 will have o@ AAG, * by other portions of tho Union army, boing woll aware | called out (rom six to Gight thousand men; but four times | the Kine of the Rapiden on9 hundred thoustod ie A eer oe that the condition of the roads aud the acant sappties fo tho country would prevent aay renewal of the provious euom@et GO QeAgrALG the equutry by @ large land forgo, troops, without Longstre@a, 6 will be forty thou sand at Rickmond, 0b 19 poningula aud botwoon Wil: aingtn gad PURHONIDA, U4 OF Aas Le Guacy AgRLUM & BOREL § the number voluntarily prosoated themselves, and wor oarolled to serve the State during tho threatened attac'd, |e Rosecrans did vot vuako (iy anLicrDAted abyacy Aad ~ : i 473 Jno bas (oft the Bout |