The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-05
LATER FROM THE NORTH.
Combined Attack the Afkansas...From
Pcpe's Army-.-rrogress OF Robbery and Out
rage BY his TroOps-.-FrOm MeCiellnn's Ar.
Ae.

We have received Northern papers to the 3ist.-
An attack was made on the ram Arkansas on the
Pad ult., by Commodorss Davis aud Farragut. A
dispatch, dated the 23l, says:
The feet from below was TO engage the lower
batteries, and the fleet from above to engage the
upper ones the gunboat Essex and the ram Queen
OF the West in ths meantime to attack the Arkan-
In consequence of some misunderst anding, only
q few shells were fred from the mortars below.
which are known TO have had effect to divert the
fire from the Essex.
and lam her against the levee but the latter swung
round and the Essex only grazed her side As she
passed she gave the rebel craft her three II inch
bow guns.
the river The Queen coming to her aid, ran into
the ARKANSAS, making her tremble from stem to
stern. Recovering herself, the Queen on again
torcibly as to strain her own works badly Both
boats then returned up the river.
During the engagement the Essex received sew
eral shots, and had one man killed and two wound
ed The Queen was also shot through several
times. =.
A dispatch from Memphis, July 2sth, says:
The Grenada appeal, Of the Gath, has special
dispatch of the same date, stating that Commander
Davis and the gunboats had attacked the batteries
and the ram Arkansas, and had been repuised, with
the loss OF five boats sunk or disabled The dis.
patch is repiete with the usual rebel oomoasf
The Appeal of the 25th, has dispatch announc
Ing the occupation OF Coidwater by the Union
troops Jeff Thompson had destroy ed the bridge
at Hanson to prevent q further advance.
FROM GEN POPE's ARMY--ARRESTs AT LURAY-
SUPPRESSION OF GUERRIILAS.
WARRESroN Jaiy 30-Col. Lloyd, Of the Sixth
Ohio cavalry, commanding at Luray, yesterday, In
pursuance OF General Popes order, arrested all the
male inhabitants Of the town and lodged them in
the Court House preparatory to administering the
oath of allegiance. This course was rendered i'm
perativey necessary from the fact that several ol
them had left their houses and II was supposed for
tho purpose Of joining the guerrtlas who infest the
west side of the South Fork, xnd in one instance,
captured our river pickets.
4 prominent Secession farmer and his son, resld.
ing near Little Washington left home yesterday
for the mountains, taking horses, equipments, and
arnla Last night our plckets were fired on by two
guerrlas in that vicinity, supposed to be tho far
mer and his son.
All was quiet at Culpeper at the last advices.
A letter to the Philadelphia inquirer, dated Mad
ison Court House, July 29th, gives description OF
the ravsges being committed by Popss army, and
the theffs committed by his order. 1t says:
One plantation. an old lady told US, had hun
dred and seventy women and children, ana Dut
eleven men At to work In the field most Of them
had run away. In another case was eighty i've
women and children and seven men. Here, how.
ever, tho proportion is not 20 great, and several
she9:and msp can yss ns gathered up
Rockingham and Page connties. One Of our traiQs,
which has Just come In from Warrsnion, has nearly
all the drivers contrabAnds from Prince William
county. 0ns Of them Gays he, in company with
iers" and tho Provost gathered them up and pat
them Into ths service; al seemed pleased 1t the
change.
mules ssys out on The side Of the hl was discern-
Cd darksy pioughing; over goss cavalry man,
and SOON tie Adark" wss0n his mule. coming acroes