The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-19
Yankee Editor Condemns the Outraze'
Csmmi4sed by Lincoln Troops.

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Csmmitsed by Lincoln Troops.
In the editorial correspondence of the New
York Times, written from Fortress Monroe,
Va, On the &th Of July, by Hon. Henry J.
Raymond, i:s editor, a dsscriptioH of the Fort
and the surrounding caups is given. Speak
ing of the village which has been abandoned
to the Eessians, he says:
It s. very pretty country town, with q fine
hotel looking ol,t upon the river. q good mill
tary school, three or four churches, &c. On
the CAV after his arrival at the Fortress. Gen.
Butler crossed ovec this bridge with one of
the Massachusetts regiments, on reconnoSs-
saHce, and this seems to have completed the
terror which had previously almost paralyz Il
the town. The peopIs burned the bridge and
fed. m a
/ prccuTsd boat, and crossed ore- to The
"dsserted vil,age." 4 stout fellow rowad as
acrcsa, who said his master had gone to York
town, and he was not anxious to have him re-
turn. OF the 5000 OR 1850 inhabitants Of this
town, not twenty -eye remained. Tho rest
took sll the Yaluacles I,ley ccnid carry away,
packed the rest in boxes, locked ths doors, aud
fled. It was the most melancholy picture !
had ever seen. Gar soldiers had come over,
broken open the houses, riilrd the boxes, car
ried of tables, chairs, sofas, and whatever
else they coaId mako useful, and van-oniy
destroyed what they could not take away.
through en open door q woman sweeping
little shop. She q. id sha had LEFT town with
.hs rest, brit thccght she would COMO back
to iooS after the few things spe had
Ieft they had all disappeared. The
house had been broken open and every
thing il il carried away Inis is the general
story throughout the town. heard Of three
o.. fonr Of oar men who went into = house
where were only sn old man and his wife,
and when the latter refused 10 teM LhsIn who're
they lett thsiT money, they broke open tho
bursau and TOOK s26 which they found there.
In another instance gang OF men went into
g house occupied by Lady, a relative OF Com
1nodore Barron, VINO had packed mp the fauii-
ly pictures and Other relics and put them
away. They hroks open the boxes, threw the
con tents OFT into aha street, and completely
stripped the house. At anctaer house,
after taking away what they want
cd. they emptied Jars OF sweet meats
At tha aonss CT . Mrs. Gary, they smashed to
pieces all tia glassware they could dad, mpcn
of which was very vaiua5ia. Passing thi ough
the vil,age / cano TO the clo church, saiG to
be the ctdest now standing in this country. II
stands b little back Irczl tna reed, aad is sur
rounded by the g-aTsyarc; Just II tbs roar OF
il, ana close By the waiis, was tho freshly
nads grave of q child with g slight wooden
tralpe aroend it to protect it freLz desecration-
Sorae Of oar troops had placed an ircn red
across tho 1raue, upoI. u Aich thoy had hung
. kottis oyera are, built upon The grave.
1 couiG givo scores and hundreds CT in
stances Of similar outrages. L. st sCrprising
that the people here looS upon rs as vandais
and barbarienaf BY no possible process could
we cntrsve to mako them bitterly and Te-
lenslsssly hostile toward the Unscn than In
this way. General Ruues, OF corrse, disap-
proves all this-but that is not enough. de
should have issued g proclamation, as soon hs
hs arrived, Inviting the citizens Go remain 1T
home, and assuring them Of the perfect pro-
lection OF their lives and property. And.
then every violation Of private Iights--evsry
ir rstanee OF theft or rpiunder-snouid have been
punished with rigor which would have Il &C.
luaiiy prevented Tepet tition Of the act -
r. GffirAr aF rhs a erY1v IN n
man as General Wool, for example-haa been
here, we should have had none Of these 6is-
gyaces.. II the citizens had remained at home,
their property would have been much safer
But they were afraid 70 do SO, end not With
ont reason. One of our Colonnls one night
arrested and brought into the fort, whole
family-inciudiny an cid lady and three or
were displaying aiSn al lights for the rebels -
Il turned ont that they kept light burning
on account Of q sick child. How could any
ono teel safe when exposed to snch outrases2
IsHrxAE TsEAzxEsreor Ak AaRp MAx.-The
Petersburg Express, Of Thursday, contains
the following instance Of irhuman treatment
visited upon an cid man residing In the neigh
borhoed Of Hampton, by band Of Lincoln's
sooundreis
1t an early hoar on Sunday last, Mr. Thoa.
". Lowry, who owns n large farm OF the
North side of Back river, was surprised 70
hnd, without reason or forekucwledge, his
house surrounded by some twenty -flvo Lin
colnites. The servants In the kitchen were
prevented from coming ont, or even from
speaking. Mr. Lowry demanded orce or twice
20 know the reason Of this action, and on re-
oeiving no answer drew his pistol and fired
upcn them through the windows. The fire
was tfumedzsteiy Feturned by . nGmber Of the
fellows, vnose balls passed in very close pTox-
unity to Mr- L.'B wife. The Hessian0 then
rushed ;nto the house ana seized Mr.. i. even
before he could set all hia clothes on, dragged
usipg harsh Language towards MIN, pulled
him down - tho river and pitched him very
roughly into the boat. They then roved htrn
across the river aud marched him upwarts cf
threo miiee 10 Hampton. Before reachin
Hampton, they blindfoided him, and amidst
the ieers and jesss Of the rascals, marched him
back wards and forwards through the sueets
They thsa tsrned him loose and aliowed him
TO got bark home a. beat he could. We can
imagine Mr.. i. . uasrines, whsn " ayo told
that heta nearS0 ysaxs old, aA1 Nue na6le To-
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