The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-28

mics seusA Of nudssn. fhsy burned the
BRIDGE, Nod piles. water tanks. ties. tore
= p the rails for Mise, bent them, and do.
ssroyed ~ telegraph linz. This VA. contin-
siruction ceased. How many were concern.
"a in thiS viiiafnous work 10 mot yet known,
bnt there IL no donbt but that It vas precon.
certed and elm ultanecus movement OF ths
citix,ns along the road, a. no single party
co MIA have accomplished so much In one
night. Three hundred OF the villains are
known to have been engaged In the destruc.
ton Of the bridge track ~ Wafrsntown.
wAaax1ros. M, Zee. y, 1857 Tho dam
age to the North Missouri Railroad may be
summed up ~ follows: Bridges at Stnr-
evon. Cen,raiia. Mexico: Jea n s.s, ana ana
perhaps twenty cars, from fifty to sixty cul'
verts, large and small; three or four water
sta.ions, 10, 600 ties. from 200 TO 800 telegraph
poles, and I'VE miles OF iron destroyd, and
ten miles Of wire rendered useless.
Two trains, one having eight car loads Of
hogs and several car loads OF hemp, AID two
cars Of merchandise. are In the possession Of
the rebels. -Four engines are lying where
they can be seized by Ihsm.
some Of the men who os.onged to the trains
have arrived herr, from whom learn that
the persons who did the damage are yet en-.
camped along the road, about i've hundred
being ut High Hill, aud other bodies ~ or
near tinsburg, Mexico, Centralia. Stur-
geon, and Allan. At C.ntraiia they weGt
within haifa mile OF the berge Snarp-Snoot-
ers and destro, ed a bridge ana water station.
Two freight trains were captured within four
miles OF the camp Of . detachment OF the
same force.
ticai raili cad men, ana the right course was
ALWAYS taken 10 make The destruc non ocm-
plets. Where ths tJack was taken up, The
rails We're removed. the ties gathered Ia plies
aud set On Are, anu the rails thToW n scFoes
the pie, So that when the centre OF the rails
became heated the weight OF the cold ends
ben them SO es 10 render them useless.
LII destroying the br dyes the fires were
kindied aroa nc the corners, W here they would
soou throw Inc bridges down, and the tTes;is
guides which sparhed the opsa culverts We're
burned, q, were Also the frames on which
the water tanks q ood usually.
The houses OF railroad men and OF all Union
men in the vicinity OF the road were sur.
rounded, and the Inhabitants assured that
NO harm was inteaded then while they re-
NAMED in uoOrs.
we hear OF ecaroely any pillage, or any
other outrage beyond the uestr NC lion OF the
road and telegraph line.
Tue damage to the road cannot fall short OF
$500 600 AID at least one month will bs re-
CURED ~ repair IL Sd that trans can pass.
ST. Louis, Dec. G.-Dis patches received at
headQ ua rteTs say that The command sent to
Lexng ton ~ 4eueral Pope burned TWO ferry
boats and cuudry at mat place, and took
Two captains, one Iieuien a n,, four men, ana
several horses
OrrYRviLLB, No, Dec. 24.-The cavalry
which General Pope sent to Lexington have
returned Il addition 10 the two terry coats
and lhs re0ei foundry which they burned
and the rebel officers and privat.s captured,
previously repoI ted, they .llied the 10 eorioue
Arkansas Robinson, ana drove every band OF
rebels tlOfn the county for miles on either
side Of the route. They report the county
quiet Of the Re bells.
JkrrsRsox CITY, Dec. 24.-A gentlem an
who has been with the rebel army several
una tNAHh ArS tn a II
On Thursday last Prices camp ut Osceola
was thrown into confusion by the news that
The Union troops were upon them. They
beat nasty retreat, and wnen last hearu
frcm were al Aammansyiiie, marrying
South.
Sr. Louis, December 24.-About y
thousand OF the rebel prisoners taken
by Gen. Pope arrived here last night aLo
were allowed to remain III the Cars ualil
thls moraing, when they were escoI ted BY
their capturers, uncer Col. Davis, 70 DR.. Nc
Doweai's medical college, whers tlsy will BE
taken care Oh fvT the present.
WARksSTos, no., Dec. A.-By arrivals fs,om
Mexico We learn that the bridge over Salt
river, winch 10 the largest and most costly on
The road, except that II Perrgue, winch the
rebels previously spared Oh Friday hignt,
vas entirely destroyed on sunday Night
The station Rouse az Jacksonville wa. also
burne1. l setLer with four or hSe cars. Are
repairs p.JaIess RAPIDLY mere. the bridge l.
repaIreu, aaJ the Cuivsrts between hsss and
Jvnes1urg, t4Ld tina track at tDat place " III TIC
to-moriow, II the men are no. IN Jerrup I'D,
ana the repairs OF The ssieg raph line Kssr
pace WITH InSse OF tho road.
*r. L. ~, Dec. % -General Halleck has
Issued oIG-r, HAIrG lhe penalty Oh death
On stt part.s ung gel In destroying ralI-
roada AID teleSrapns, and requiring the
owns AID count STA when tie ues truc ton
occurs, 10 iepair Inc damages luG pay eA
ieA scs.
azs. Ro-ESssAsz's ArpsEss 70 HIS OFFICER.
AkD SOLDIERS.
The following address has besI issued to
the troops OF the Western department. Of
Virginia by the Comm rder Of the Federsl
forces.
0Geers and sOldiers Of tas Departnen, Of Etssz''
You have closed an arduous cam pain with
hc-:or 10 yourselves and satisfact on to thu
country. None but these " no have been
with You, AS have, can fully appreciate
you: trials aud privations.
Your triumph has been three. fold-over
your own jnexperisnce, tho obstacles of ma
ture, and tho recel forces.
w hen cur gallant young Comm ander was
called from as, after the disaster OF Bull Run,
this department. was left with less than tif-
teen thousand men TO guard three hundred
miles Of railroad and three hundred miles Of
frontier, exposed 20 "bushwhackers" and
son. The Northwestern pass into 1t was for
tilted and held, Cheat Mountain seer red,
the rebel assaults there victoriously repal-
led, and the anawha Valley occupied
A march OF one hundred and twelve miles
over bed roads brought you upon Floyd's
entrenchsd position, whence the rebels wore
dislo6sed, and chased to SewelI. Finally
your patience and waite hinEi put he traitor
Floyd within your reach, aud, though BY 8
precipitate retreat ne escaped your grasp, you
have the substantial fruits Of victory
western Virginia belongs to herself, and the
invader Is expelled from her soil. In the
ans Of Ar.in MT n
nay own. thank you. ,.-
But the country will expect, your Com
manding General expects, still more from
you. A campaign without defeat, wi thout
even check, must be eciipssd by deeds Of
greater lustre.
To this end now call upon you for your
own future honor, to devote yourselves WIN
energy and zeal to perfect yourselves In ali
that per tains to drill, instruction and dlsci-
pline Let every officers and every soldier be
emui o Us to teach and learn the firines, light
infantry drill, guard duty, company disci.
Your Commanding General proposes to
procure for You everything necessary 10 pre.
pare you for your coming work, and Will soon
orsanixs boards Of Examiners, who Will rid
the service OF the disgrace, AMI soloters of the
iacubus Of incompetent and worthless OH
GERS, Who hold the positions and receive the
pay wiihout having the will or the capacity
to perform the duties Of heir positions.
Remember, you are fighting for your coup.
try, for your flag for your homes.
Your enemies, are i'm placable in their ha.
tired Of you; there is no meas urs CT falsshood
to which they have not resorted to bl8cken
your good name, and their leaders, Beaure-
gard and JET. Davis, have dared even in sol.
emn prociamations to caIumniate yea, charg.
log you with crimes you abhor, From these
men } on have nothing to expect. You must
prepare to teach them. not only lessons of
magnanimity and forbearance towards the
unarmed and dsfcnceless, but to thrust their
calumnies and their boas.ings down their
own trai .orous throats.
Let not q moment be lest In your prepar.