The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-23
Rirtmunh Qis,lattt.
ReNributieu.

There can be no doubt .aas Furaaide promises
his army the piiiase of Fredericksburg AZ IN IN
ducemept to the assault variety OF sireunA'
stance. prove this fact A gentleman who's" house
had been occupied, and was undergoing the pre-
cess Of rifinS asked general officer. whom tie Dc
l,cves to have been General Sumner, 10 protect ~"
prcparty. He Was asked il he was Union nnn.
and upon his replying in the negative. be was f"a
that he would in that ease receive 10 proseetAel'
either for himself or his property. Another gentle
man approa ched General Patrick, win ~hem re
had been acquainted last summer, ana oneTea nun
his hand 81 cannot shake hands with yon, aa'A
that leader Of thieves. TIE day for 'hat II S"Ee
by." When asked II he would not al least pro'e''
his house from, pillAge he replied, No, they nay
n,,lase and be ID, for anything care Another
.sked man in Captains Uniform TO protect him
AGAINST ressonsl violence The man said, Il ELL sor
hid len TO do 81 by higher authority :hSn an -~
hundred instances Of tinailar character might b.
s,vsu TO prove that the pluuder of the tcwn was
held ont A. prize only {, men, but tffieefs -
Yankee sensrsi officer stole a pair o! SILVER eSs-
tors from gen,lemsi.s hoase and carried them Oh
with bis own hands een,emsn coming down in
the cars from Fredericksburg heard nan braS'
sng that he had bough. exactly such al sricie tor
a small sum from Yankee. rs exhibited t1em
with grea. glee, saying that be had INSIDE bar
gain as he would not tshe $500 fer them
The gentleman In question had 70 Goubt they were
stolen In Fredericksburg By the Yankees, and sod
10 this man. He remarked ;hat the fellow ought 10
be arrested: but nobody took it upon himself to
have It done All these things so 10 prove that tie
sack of Fredericksburg was 10 be The reward c.
Yankee success in crossing the river. Il Is tn
mos, Infamous crime ever perpetrated upon tAis
continent, unleas something Ike /. rssy have been
done in Mexico or South Americs. VIC Aops ouF
Lssislasrrs will 81 pom. commi.tes 20 invest
gate the csse Of Frede: ok sburs, aud hold up ths
rascally Government under whose auspices il wa
y,erps,rated to the detesis;io2 Of mankind We
rhh the world 70 understand the true chafactlTcf
the Yankees who srs away thrus'ns tEeir pre-
tensions in the face Of The oivizsd par: of ,naa-
Kind We wish it 20 be known abroad, Is l. Is
perfectly well known here that with a.I the sloss
of civilization to hide their genuine ps!Gre, tie
srs in reality as barhsrous s. a horde Of Bedouia
Arabs without sny pre.ensicos 10 ihs good q'sl!'
ties which sre ssid 10 half redeem the Fapaciou5
hsbits Of those children ct the desert. Wswls1 Ia
Yankee to be taken for WHIST be really is com
pound OF cant, cunning, tlesCEei J. hF aitS - 'Si -
snd cowardice, rairg ed in such nice proportions
.hat it is hard to tell which predoE.iaa'os
The predatory habits IN which lis Yankee Scr
ners have besn er outraged tF their clhce's 10 H.
daIss ever since The commencement CT this war
while they hsve not the slish.ss- fleet upoa IL
general result a. 20 tie las, degree destructive -
discipline. 3urrside's army is ST tais moment III
tie more than mob If thieves sArd outlaws. if al
we hea, of tnem be true. The Dsttle Of tie 18Th
took out Of them all Of d;sc pine tia. Tie iiiaSs Of
the town had LEFT. II seems To be ii he wsy O.
Providence ths. crimes should become the InltIU
men. of their own punishment Never. except ii
The days of the Jew;fh thcceracy, did re'ribn:ioD
follow mole swiriy ard mole awiuy Of tie bees OF
crime than IL did in the cAse Of FredericksDurs.-
That city was I'll. by the Yankees Cd the l2su
OF December. On the night Of tie i3:h there were
lying in the fields around aud in tie town itself,
I've dead Yankees for every house that LG1 neeIs
yilegcd. IL our people were G 1eSeI sa!ui OF "a
blood thirsty people, they could not wish 5 more
.,le.,ifui fess, Of blood and vengeanae.