The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-07

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aa@ ><4soIasRte Eet,0sea By U4r IOyoes, "a.
Lk"Is grrH, VA, Ot,. 3, 1851.
10 Infantry whatever TOOK any part in the
fight; Il was altogether cavalry. Inc com
PauIgs that left hi>e's camp Tor Cole river
were - i5itoWs =. t"ptS. Pate :, Phelps >.
Jordan : 1ogue's and on their march through
Fayeltetl III" We're Joined by GUstlr'S Ran gers,
a'fas LUNluclO,es, as Gen, Cox expressed HIM
seif abo'.s this company. IN the morning
En'} CohiC be seen on The SillIluits Of Cotton
iflts lighting Hike devils, aud. in twenty four
Hnu}S aIler, attacking his cOmmlssGTiat
wagons some where IL the neighnorhOoG OF
Pet iona [he companies that lett Tor this tx
PcclIoh performed the journey in lass than
twenty four nonfs, toFGing tl5e forks Of Cole
olu't J-tWo times, the distance being ninety
mites. Col. Davis DcIng il command, Upon
learning that about two or three hundred OF
old Il be ; hen -roOSt robbers had made q iOraS
INTO that peaceful coIu -, robbiug the Citizens
OF an their property and ticking several >>eces
StouiStS rs observation-disclosures whom was one
by tae name Oi Gir. u. Pack, driving off sixty
lead 81 his CaUle. All Of his gOoos, himself
aAd family as pEjsoners-iTnlncdiateiy or
c"ltd HiS VonuaNd I'll pnFnHN Of tneil.--
After Il clds" Of u miles at q full gallon. our
tots came ID sight OF thel4, ana, a. Captain
t-% "3-t" SAID, came down on ynrIn like
l1urueTp9it from the ArIytns-t&eT moi ex-
p@cif'E pf&1}tciI ttiil z any such attach. They
showed iirhL az she beginning. but our bows
poured such Toii-yS OF lead into them. ana
charged through Ter a distance OF three miles,
t}sat the. brol,e and ran ia = II directions Ieay
lo~ ali OF their pIundac behind our lad
pushed on and liberated the prisoners, giving
ih9n once more Il chance to breathe In air OF
liberty. capturing u of the blue coated ! an
tess abd acln" Il OF he tories, whom they ha;i
as pilots. and killing some % and ygounGinG i
Ise,.t Number. Too mach creG:t cannot b.
-lVen to Capc. Ca>}5je ard his men III tl.is af-
far; they haV" shown themselves upop
this md Other occasions well worthy OF
the name they have earned and now
hold Ii Western tirsini4 bat far b. il from
lac 10 deprive the other com panies Of any
glory which they may have won in than
!oray. They all fought with that Intrepid
less that none hui the true sons Q the sou h
coHiu tie drive Il ruthless and SIvstg &c zoe from
orr homes and trcsj0cs. After the fight was
over, Caps. Pate's and Cashie's Rangers pro
cteGet TO Skin creek, for the purpose OF break
inc up en- OF tories, who had built q for
ndable breastWori: il that neighborho cd
We arrived Just in time to rout the garrison
and take about twenty prisoners. No dOubi
hy this time they are in your city. Time uor
space will not permit me 10 enter into details
OF this eXpeCil zion. or relate Ia you al OF the
incidents when occurred Suffice ii u say,
Coal river aDoands with peaches and no.
uey, which, / may say, was the only subsist-
euep that our bows had live on during
their foray. FOLLOWER OF TIE CAVALRY.