The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-29


wsdassaAy iAas Capt. sprasns. Ct tie Ohio
It'll. Was on Ais way home, ON farIouKh. with
guard Of four DRAGONS. when some fiftesn
n..ss esycn rs srsso., they wer. rsd upon y
named John Debolt, from Fayetts CO., Pa,
was Killed. Another, Henry Brooks, was
wounded. The attaching party was In too
ssIons ,orce 20 % resisted. and Olpt Sprague,
escaped and brought the intelligence. Capt.
l Sprasue commanded Company e. Of the 7th,
md IL well known throughout Northern
un a ,o,t Inc n Gavs1ry company who attacked
| belong to Ex.fov. Wises command.
| THE FEDERAL Loss At THE BATTLE xrAn spaIHa.
FIELD.
An official table OF the Feserai killed. wound.
ed and missing, at the late at, ls "a SprtuQ-
field. Mo, foots up as follows Killed, 22S
wounded, ia missing, 29l. Nearly all OF the
missing were taken prisoners by tbs Oonfede.
rates, but they have been released. with the
exception OF the officers, and have either ar
rived in camp or are still under way. Some
say they had to take the oath, and others say
they had not. In consequence of the abo We
release, M Jor Ssurgis has released all of his
prisoners, without requiring the oath from
than.
i. IS expected that the officers still, rstains d
in Springfield will follow The privates in q
few days.
DBsIaHs OF GEN. LIE.
The Wheeling Intelligencer, OF Friday.
says:
Well-posted military men are of the opin.
ION that neither Isn Lee nor any other force
from the East Will attempt to march through
Cheat River Pass, but that they will make q
raid upon that section OF the State, The
SQUADS OF men VINO are ranging through
mat country lnoicate toat sucn is the des ign
To come through the Pass would result in a
great sacrifice Uf life, without an ADEQUATE
advantage. To come by French Greek, and
get between the sapply depoLs and the forces
beyond tnat sectloh, Would be Tar more adj
vantageous to hostile force, and is probably
not lost sight Of by the bel Generals in COM
mand.
sxIRMIsH II WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The Wheeling Press lately gave an account
OF a skirmish near Grafton, in which it was
stated that 200 Virginians were signalIy rou ted
oy 90 Federalists, led by Capt. Dayton, and a
considerable number killed and wounded A
letter from Piedmont to the Baltimore Ex-
change says:
Now the truth is simply this The ufors-
SAID Dayton was sent our from Webster On
scouting expedition, and whilst out came
upon an old man ana his son, who were mar.
vestlng. As soon as the boy discovered the
soldiers, he attempted TO make hIs escape. and
Was nred at by them ana wounded il me leg
Alter This, the party returned 70 camp and
manufac tured the account given ~ the Press
Captain Dayton and his COIN pa.ay are from
TINS place and neighborhood, ana to persons
VINO are acquainted with him and the ma
ter1al OF which his company is composed
il would be useless 10 contradcl his
statement. l have only done SO LOT the
benefit OF those who have been SO forth nate
as not TO De acqualn ted with any of them
Ihere ID also q statement in the American of
the l9tn inst, giving an account OF the CAP
ture OF several bridge burners, Dy a party of
Federals under JarDoe. In the sxirnIsh j ar
o ,s Is represented as having hao his horse
killed under him. How tnis could happen. /
cannot imagine. The party consIs ting Oh titty
men came upon old Mr.. Parker whilst he was
on visit to his daught ter, and arrested him
witnoat any resistance MIR. Snerts, OF whom
they speak, is q lad OF IS, and was arrested III
the same manner. Ola Mcdonald was not
arrested, and will not be By That party. This
man Doe, VINO Is thus trying to get up @
repo tAuon, Is native OF Romney, where he
and his family were raised from infancy by
the Charity or the citizens. As q return tor
their kindness, he was obliging as 10 pilot
CoIOnei wallace, with his COMMAND from
everything they could go. mold OF while Jar.
Doe helped himself Win the balance.
AFFAIRS ABOUT ALExASDR1A.
The Federal kilograms give US The following
about recent skirmisnes near Alexandria:
A>nAe A1AILht OkOSS ROADS, Alexandria
county, Va, August 26-l near that two
me m0ers OF Massachusetts regiment wers
HAieu tshot) last night, while doing picket
duty Oh the Loudoun aud Hampshire Rail
towards Alex andria.
ALEXANDRA COUNTY, Va, August 26-Tha
alarm OF yesterday, that Caused q very gene
raj ana ms tant turnout of nearly all the troops
Wv sn.s sue, proves 70 have arisen from an
ATTACK OF about $50 OF the enemy. with two
Aeio pieces, upon one OF the Uuiop ciakat
suard squa Inc enemy prob IDLY were not
aware OF being so close " our lines, AS thew
fe Hl ~ great haste back towards Vienna.
1hey wounded Union Captain in the Iay
ana took him and two OF his men prisoners ..
One other man who was with hun escaped
and gave the alarm.
On the night before last they (the enemy
tnfe" ix-pound shOt into the camp OF Col
herrigan, without, however, doing any dam.
age.
aRh. RosEScaASz ADDRESSES ''THR PEOPLE"
The following address has been issuad hv
Gen. Rosencranz, commander of the Federal
troops in Western Virginia, to the people OF
| that section. 1t strikes us that he adopts a
peculiar mode of putting an end to .'savage
war" when he heads an invading army and
goes forth to. pillage and destroy. He says:
My mission among you Is that of a fellow
| citizen, charged by the Government to ex pei
1 tuc dTDlITdTy iOTCo WHICH UOmlnoered over
| you, to restore that law and order of which
| you have been robbed, and to maintain Won,
| right to govern yourselves under the Consti.
| tuition and laws CT the United States
l To put an end to the savage war Waeed nv
| individuals who, without warrant of military
| authority, Turk in the bushes and waylay mes
sengers, or shoot sentriss, shall be Obliged u
| hold the neighbOrhood in which these on TRACE.
| are committed as responsible, and unless they
| raise the hue and cry and pursue the offend
| ers, deal with them rs accessories to the crime
Unarmed and peaceful citizens shall be nro
| tected, the rights Of private property respect
| ed, and only those who are found enemies o.
the Goverumen of the United States and the
peace Of Western Virginia will be disturbed
| OF these shall require absolute Certainty
/ that they will do NO mischief.
| Put q stop to needless arrests and the spreat
| of malicious reports. Let each town and dis
| trict choose five Of its most reliable and ener
| getic citizens committee of public safety. Il
| act in concert with The civil and military au
| thorities, and be responsible for the preserya
| ton OF peace and good order.
| PROPOSAL TO CAPTURE PRIvArREss.
| Recently a gentleman wrote to the Nav,
| Department, inquiring whether a bonn Il
| would be given for the capture of privateers
| 1t is understood that other par ties wouId. fo
q similar consideration, engage in the sam
business but the department has no sucl
| power. Under the present law half tn,
value OF all prizes goes to the Government
| and the remainder to the captors From
what has transpired it is highly probable tina
the Government would relinquish its shar
to those who would successfully engage i,
| such speculations, and while granting com
| missions for those purposes afford whateye
aid it could In the matter of armament.
| FsDHRAL APPROPRIATIONS.
| We learn from Washington that during tn
first session Of the 37th Congress there wa
appropriated
For civil and miscel Ian sous purposes a7l s7s
For the army, arms and Notifications 207, 4ol ss7