The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-22
WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Guerrilla Fjghting-A HazavAoas
~ Expeditlon-lnctd0t 0ts. &c.

A correspondent OF the Lypchburg snspus-
liean. writing from Lewlsburg, 0rsenksi-r
county, March Hth, gives some inter.s'iDx
statements respecting affairs in that = c.''U.
portion OF which we copy: :.
Col. Jenifer's cavalry doss nearly all The
scou'inR duty Of this diyision-bes,des nhoat
& 200 &fusp1ri.ias, styling ,h.mseives the "moc.
been rece en,iy commissioned by the Governor
to night In their own way, and strike the ene-
my wherever found. The mon get the usual
turs frcm the enemy belongs exclusively 10
them. In this way ihey are enrichinG
themselves, and iDhicting severe iujury
upon the Yankees and known Union men.
Tney have lately received from Richmond
two howitzers, and arms Of the most i'm.
proved description, and their deeds ars d. ..
tined to dn an important page In the history
long since cne Of their nam ber. 4 young man
named ueksr, of Upshur county. in hand.
to-hand coz 1iict, killed a notorious YANKEE.
after which he was aptursd, tried, and con.
RACES. huding il out from their ssier, inms-
diafssy determined 70 liberate him. soon
a. the resolve was made, they determined
upoo it, execution. and forthwith repaired
q dark night, approached the guards, dis
patched them with bowie kni yes, broke open
the prison, set their comJade free, and before
aay a., Tel1 tro = ncs.r ss @ STATS
hsre, and is corrob0Fated by any number Of
respectable citizens OF this place. This il the
wsy TO Ugh the thieyss end robbers now roL
luung our soil.
A bullet from an unseen foe is tho most
dreaded Of all. Tucker says he has me de
about twenty OF them bite the dust, and iG
spared, will get be amply avenged upon them
for the desO.ation OF hts home and the death
OF an aged and beloved father. His father,
1t seems, had, at the commencement Of the
war, given some Southern soldiers lodging,
and sCmething to cat, for which offence the
scOunurelly villains dragged him from q sick
bed and frcm the side Of q devoted wife
and Chi tldren. carried him to hio. and I'm.
prisoned him in Camp Chase, and then
left the o.d man to die of starvation and
neglect.
A great many refugees ere here frcm the
counties west Of this, nearly all Of whom
ruthless foe and are painting for an opportu.
nifty to be Teve1ged.
General Ficyd, 1 find, is the idol, not only
of the soldiers, but of the PEOPLE throughout
army here would delight in being led intd
Ohio and adjoining Yankee States. His pre-
sercs alone here would be sQual to flye or ten
thousand men.
Nc Yankees are reported nearer than Mich
oIas u. H some few hundred are there with
pack mules and srdd;es, thought to be about
star ting upon some nieyiDg expedition. Bnt
the MOccasln RANGERS are watching them,
and woe be unto them IL they fall into their
Oh lotches. They take NO prisoners, but carry
tn am into the woods and turn them loose, 20
they say. It Is also reported here that there
are very few In the KaDawha Valley, nearly
all having gone to Kentucky.
The writer adds, in postscript, that re-
port has reached Lewisburg that Jenifer's
cavalry had attacked the enemy q: Ralsigh
Court Iiouss. killing fifty, taking seventy
prison ers, and putting the remainder TO flight