The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-17
Hjrl1munh pispatfh,
The Enemy in Essex


81 ..,.,emau arrived in the city yesterday
s& -,w EsseI, from whom we obtaihea so,e
~ .-ssnrs facts IN relation TO the ''eoAs
- The enemy to hat county. ana '"'', oh
- ans while there. Ga Monday mo- hihs' NV
~ n,hoass with about three h"Ho'e o '''", -"
u ,ted The Rappabahnoek, as iaf as hoi'
,vrv. a fortifieat Oh on the rieer eoea' io"'
los below the county seat. rms tort Rae
,an previously evacuated by onr FORCES
80 x,ew rerhaps, ef testing tAe strength
Il Aaar,hxors,. hey fred several rounds,
"a -. If ,onr... resulted IL loss of go much
q .,,.,o, without any compen sasing re
@%ult.
81 un Of Taprahaunoek, the couniy seat
- vssx where they anchored, Here thss
nd no one 10 oppose ihem, save lew ga
* oy6 men and the patriotic ia4ies Of the
wn They sent a barge viii some twenty
o,n lahore, who were E ct by DE-, Gordon,
Z elderly, bat influential citizen OF LIE
E,,upty, whom they assured nat they de-
~ xn.a no injury 20 pri,a'e property, bat In
#,andsd to arrest every man who had oeea Ell
d aged in any way liz ne rebel srvice- Find
%,rs meme Of this class Of per sons upon VIII pm
H. what tasir verge ance, they proceeded ID
kthe fine residence of DIR. Roare- former
delegation the Legislature from Essex-cSer
which they atistei a Union nag. This do1e'
they rc-amnnlatsd about tie town, steal 'ns
sn the pouItry and drinking all the Liquor
they cousd find, making the bars u the so"h
contribute psofaseiy to their appetite ioi
sros."
& ha nfft-- In nv
mand Of THIS rabble aad inform him thai
the Union nag " hich they bad hoistad owe, the
residence Of I,T. RcaEs nus; be haaisd down,
AMI II he refused compliance with this de-
m-rd, The ladies OF Tho town wolld imme-
4 dia ely disioage this insignia OF disgrace. The
!, Ii er, perhaps akin in spiri.to HAT King OF
France who
'Aa:chee his men up tie bill.
And marched .hen, down Ee5'n,
considering discretion the better part Of va
Tor. and not wishing 70 sscorn ler-the brave
daughters OF Tirsiaia, prudentiy removed
The obnoxious buntir which his own hands
hal helpei 70 elevate.
They then went Oh be ard their DC ats, where
some time was speas Iii drunken ieveIry
when another posse wax sent ssocfe to arrest
Capt. Walker, an old river IL az, " 20 resides
IL iae town. They endeayorsd u compel him
10 pilot ia can 70 Fredericksburg, which he
declined doing, alleging tina. he was Enac
Quaiu ted Wiz the stream in that directi ,n.
hf.er Euding IL impossible % Q bG-in his
services IN the capacity OF a pilot, ne W -
released, and permitted 10 return ashore.
Having sstiated tbsir poultry. stealing and
liquor !hievipg propeasites at Tap. ahan-
neck, they weighed anchor and moved eff
down therlyer 20 Fort Lowry. Here they
landed q portion f ;heir debeEohed 1orce,
where they burned toe erc. n.x uent aaG
sacked the hos litai, carrying tfI the stores
and medicines found IN iJ--at-es which, IT,
TOO, wrs ra8ds food for TIE IA me=. Near The
fra live three brothers WaTiug, whose houses
they c; mpleieiy enttsd, destroying every al
tlCie OF furniture Of any value, and leaving
oaly the brick walls ID testify t0 their VaT-'
.ouness a2d Ges;ru- tiFeness. 3ne E4ct IL
connection with hsir visit 20 these houses is
worthy Of remark. The negroes: Hsd a IN
g. they learned pr the approach CT their
would % iiberato.s, and dill not :eiur2 until
at.sr lhe retAjess wretehes lad stksn their
leL.SFfare Tnpy hen returned a1lj gathered
u, waa. li.tit VS. ltf. If ihsir r:aster's pro-
,-rty.
- -, town rappahanaock: ,hey COM
-. ID sepc q ions excep. tEosa already
4aolsd, whlth consis I'd InEariy in tne
,..hery Of hea roos IS ami ear-r.ors.