The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-18
More Robberies by the Yankee-Con federate
Successes and Federal Failures.

correspondent OF the Romney Intelliger
Ger, writing from Petersburg, Hardy county.
VA, under date of Sept 10th, contains the
following interesting items of news:
The farmers here have suffered heavily In
the loss of stock. Abraham Inskeep ESQ
had stolen from his Allegheny farm ia head
of cattle and 400 sheep. Thomas Williams
Esq lost SO fine cattle on Thursday Last
They Were about six miles from this point
All of this valuable stock, to saw nothing
about horses, was stolen by Union Yam kees -
Very few cattle rema1n in Western Hardy
In my estimate of last week put il at 800 pr0 .
$4,000, or 900, are figures more nearly ap.
proximating the valne of the stock thus far
stolen.
On Saturday morning last, about @ O'Clock
A. III. regular fight occurred four miles
upon Luneys creek. The Unon Yankees or
Nandals, which they truly are, took uD a DO =
sition five miles above here and went intoa
regular camp, robbing chicken roosts and corn
fields for their provisions, and imagined
judging from their impudence, they would
stay there without molestation, or even a
snow OF night from US But they were soon
doomed signal and bitter disappoin tment
At the time already referred to thirty of tbs
regular cavalry, and probably seventy citi.
Gems, armed with all kinds of SHOOTING an
cutting instruments, marched out TO meet the
zoe, who had been yariously computed from
forty three to one hundred-alI we'll armed
The charge of the cavalry under Orderly
Sergeant Strain, on the enemy, was n grand
feat indeed. Twelve OF their pickets were
about half mile from their camp and al :
most before they knew we were coming we n od
them perfectly surrounded Such iocomotiOn
you never witnessed. They ran In eyery d.
rection, bur nothing could save them from
our hOrSemen and their guns. We fired many
shots at them, more than for any other pur-
pose. But they did not fire SINCE gun at us
We killed u young man by the name of
William Caplinger, shooting him through
both lobes of the brain, killing him in stantly
and wounding another slightly We cap
tured eighteen of the COW ardly rogues six
teen United States stand OF arms all new and
complete with everything; also, two other
common rifle guns. Among the gang are
many noted offenders against the laws of this
Commonwealth The prisoners We're all sent
to Monterey the evening of the fight, and,
hope, they may soon have the pleasure of
trying what virtue there is in hemp
On yesterday, Monday as the enemy were
making rapid, and, as they supposed, a Ger
tain march on Petersburg, numbering from
one to two hundred well-armed men, most all
regular Yankees, they were met by four SEQ ats
and two citizens the Ridge road close 10
town, and were Immediately on the road
side, probably not ten feet of, and discharged
some nfty guns at our men, surrounding
them instantly; but, strange to tell they all
escaped but one, having receive a flesh wound
In the thigh-Mr. Hoy, of the Rockbrie
company. They then pursued our men with
all possible speed, even to the house to which
he had been carried, but just as they got in
sight of the house. not more than 500 wards
from the road, he WAS placed in buggy and
they gave chase to the buggy, running 1t a
mile or more through the fields The cavalry
ran TO the relief Of their wounded comrade.
and he thus escaped their fiendish pursuit
He is q brave fellow, and am glad to learn
not dangerously hurt. They then returned,
and remained in the road but a few hundred
yards from where ! now write until late in
the evening, being evidently frustrated In
their diaboiical purpose Of sacking Peters
burg.
Seeing that we We're disposed to give them
a Virginia welcome, they relishing no such
f nospisaity, they retreated rapidly and We're
usual civilities, but without harming any
one.
What will be this days discoveries, and
events are unknown to fallibis man. We
have thus far, captured 23 Union YANKEES
and one regular built Yankee thief, and have
them somewhere where they can learn
"Di1is'' by note.