The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-03
corre.poldsaco OF .ns klcnmoud Dispatch.
a., l,liY u N3thids PoiRt-RIpid R.treGt
uf the H5.emy-1he,r LYSs, &c.
I-sBASsA, Middlesex County, July

II tAe H5.cmy-1hetr Loss, &c
IsBASsA. Middlesex County, July /.
I'm Yesterday l saw ard cony.rsed with
f-o!4ia VI. of the Lancaster Cavalry,
$50 ~ .f.s- 1T at the recent engagement h.
NH .'..nt. From him ] leacn that The
n .u account OF the affair WAS almost
ant,reIy false. 1t seems that the Pawnee,"
Ter cover Of her guns, landed some hfty or
.,rvr u-n, VItH Instructions TO destroy the
Nt.uKmput which WAS being thrown up BY
49,. t,out ederate troops. After landing some
,,,usa above tie campTnent, they captur-
40 horses OF the Westmoreland Cavalry.
rh,s WAS OWING TO the fact that the riders,
10 had been detailed on picket duty, had
49, .i-.p The horses were Immediately
rnsferred TO the Jas. Grey, which attended
no Paguee aud ,notwl IN nding II has been re
-, from ~ ashingtop that the said horses are
ss,fs in the Navy lard, 1t is bu partially true.
tur Of them. alarmed by the heavy firing,
Iupaf overheard, swan ashore, and was re-
- ler,d by his owner. After this bold and
,r,,'erfni achievement, the party proceeded
sntI0rsly down the shore towards the en-
I~r,nurqt In the meantime a company 1.-THE
,.>u1r.r Guards" think advanced TO meet
,hsrn apd. throwing up q temporary breast
.,.rk more adapted TO conceal than protect
th.m awaited their approach. When they
,rada their appearance within the range OF
rnr puus u yolley was fired upon them, gill
tpg N IS eetimated) about seventeen. They
fled with the speed of Mazsppa, the men cry
ing out most pitaOusly TO the officers, 1--WE
toid you SO We told You they'd shoot us ~
At this moment, mirabiis dictu, the Pawnee
steamed off in the direction of Washington,
thereby terribly alarming the poor wretches
who were scampering towards their boats and
CRYING out, "We'il desert you If you don't re-
turn.' This exclamation had the effect CT stop
pug the revelation OF the Pawnee's wheels,
nad the rest of the me escaped for the present,
the "hospitable graves awaiting them upon
the soil Of the "OId Dominion Among the
Killed was Capt. Ward. who was struck in
the left breast by ball from one of our sharp
shooters. He fell dead upon the deck Of the
boat on which he WAS standing.
Our troops recovered a number OF Sharpe's
rifles, spades, shoyels, pick-aKes, &c, to-
gelh-r with large quantity of rope, which
The Federalists discarded in their hasty but
sensible Il ght. The number OF shells thrown
from the Pawnee, and The proximity OF the
encampment TO the shore, made it necessary
10 remove the tents about 30 yards 10 the rear
q their former position.
and now let the mention one or two incl
dents, which, taken in coLnec ton with those
whi4h have occurred in many recent skiT
ush.A, make il evident 10 every considerable
lllud thai the God OF Battles is with US: Balls,
canister grape aud chain shot flew thick and
FAST, without injury 10 any one. Shells were
exploding every where in the sncam pment t.,
the heads and under the feet of our men,
and ttlll there WAS "nobOdy hurt" AS two
members of the Lancas ter Cavalry were rid
lug aide by side. bomb exploded between
then, inluHng neither horses nor men. A bomb
tIpioted 10 II few inches from member of a
Lancaster company, portion of 1t CHANGING
his foot, without in the least disabling him.
Mary other incidents of the kind occurred,
whfh cannot recall just now. But these
suffice my purpose.
The victory will and shall be ours, for God
has 80 ordained 1t. With few companies of
dying artillery, our troops at Matthias Point
IAN resist any attack. You will perceive
nov rossly false is the Northern report Of
thls engagement. Truth crushed to earth
will rise again. and surely the Nor thern
press cannot IN uch longer deceive it's readers.
leave 10 morrow for Matthias. Point,to .e-
ION volunteer company, and you shall have
authentic accounts of whatever may occur
there Let the God -forsaken goths and viii
famous vandals come on. The glorious boys
Cl The sunny South " await them with
bioody hands. And when, IL needs be, the
bones OF thousands of Firginia's best sons
HAAll bleach upon every hill top, valley and
plsn, when the Potomac, Rappahannock and
James shall be Redeemed with blosd, with
record more stainless than theirs can We ap-
p-aF before the great white Throne and
Npihfully e1claim: Thou canst not say
Udh Sic Semper Tyrdnnts. l.. Ii.
I This is probably Il mistake. Should it
MOI be The Freeborn ?-EDs. DIsPArcB