Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-15
GENERAL NEWS
TIE Y4NE.EE RAIU.

HOUSE.
The FrrdvirrEshurg News, oil Wednesday,
last which came lG hand OH Saturday, far
nishea ua with ths following .cconat 81 The
doings Of Sickssh' irunlizn hrSsdc ~ ''!hilJr,
Oolr! House
The Iart i5 unLclllal'!y true, that Il party o.
Sicklea' BrlgSde, Numbering probably aonnt
1000 men and hire hald pieces, hut liz cav
airy, were at S:sHold 9, II Oh Thursday
sycling last.
They arrived there shout 4 2. III, and irlt
in '.pal.ic" abhu; nHe O'Clock the Dame even.
ing.
The record Of their exclusives AMI Van''alis:a-,
is 10 keeping With Yankee character, and pats
to the blush anything which Nctioa could in
vent. Their conduct ~as shameful snti ctH-
ardly in the higheat hagro. The =. Y. Zous
ayes, who specially distinguished tlanael7cs
in acts Of outragsH, FrerenIsd that they "erc
esgspsrAtud hy losing eigks OF their number,
who wero picked Of Gy our Texan scouts. vino
hung upon their rear, snd wear!ed them coz
siderabiy. They kept in crdrr uasii they got
within three or four hundred yards whe'r they
commenced firing very rapidly into the G"Irt
House and came very near wIunlng K Il.
H.ckcra0n.
The 1ouhVcs thcn broke tit ni6 hIuSda
and commenced Searching the private buuEr1
stores, Court House, and Jail. At tho latter
place they srrg Cut, come out, Friends" ws
are hero to relieve you Here, however,
they found mono Of their friends, they being
slj removed 10 Gafer plaes Ftom tho sturs
Of G. ". Conway lhay btolo everything Vi
value, and LETT the molassea rEnninG They
also bUt about SEQ in specie and slQ0 w0ilh
OF Shinplaster currraGy. From Mr.. John II.
Conway, very od gentleman, thuy stole ali
the edblcs tf,ay could find, and snme Wear
ing apparel but loft him his silver. Frcm
Mr.. Henry p. CONWAY they stole end destroy
od almost everything including cdhlca, s!l.
vcr, and wearing apparel, they also hrok:
and injuTad nearly tho whole Of his furniture.
They also stole his pocket book containing
soInn $50. From ". l.. Morgan, Tavern keol.
ar, they stoo and injured good deal nf prep.
erty and before his wifa's lace thoy klllsd all
Of his poultry. They rtolr three horses frnm
w. J.. Morgan, James E. Schoolcr, and Henry
r Conway, respectively. Onn citizon Jf the
u. H., man named Gollihorn made hnrse
trade with one of the Yankees The
next day the horse returned TO the &. H.
Thus Gol.horn got tho best OF the Van KEGS
and was the only men who did. On the hoor
Of MIR. H. p, Conwsy's house, they poured es
MIXTURE blackb berry vine and ink.
Il il said they did not Insult any OF th- Ia.
dies, save by doubling some Of the statements
which tie ladies lnado. They agreed ifsuppor
was prepared ior .hem to protect The houses Of
Mr. K. II. Conway, This they ga7e bin NJ
stealing all Of his property
in rssxrl 10 tho records Of lht ,,olInty ne
have it from hTr. h. K. CONWAY, Clerk, that
though the papers have heen much damaged
and scattered, yet il ii believed no important
book Or paper was st0lon carried of, or n!.:5
rally injured. The Bible belonging 10 Asais
Church WAS atolnn, but luckily found in the
ambulance which tley wGre unable to take Oil.
From the servants they stole everything O;
value. Dan. Sickles certainly was there, rs
wss also Colonel Moses, who said that his
friends we're all in the South, but tina: ne
wanted to crush the Rebellion.
One Of the mcans Of torture Inflicted upon
ttosc citizens VII. were left there, Ias to pIaoo
thcm between threatened hrs i'll ir1nt and
rcur, with ort,;T- one party lotuu auil tic
other to halt Al A9n:a Church they bTGae
and lestroYei everything,
From Mr. E. ~ " Here, himself "a Suiisrei,
We herr OF their uoings before and alter reach
ing the Court House, illustrating The Yankee
method OF ''restoring tho Union" and inspiring
respect and affection Tor that flag, under which
they have become the meanest land piratei
that ever dissracnd the history of robbery
u, ,t ,ct,
,ainly was "s dsn'of thieves whom they oc
cupied it, and robbed an old negro woman Of
every cent OF her. earrings hor Master psrlnlttad
her to work for and keep for her5slf. 1t ii no!
confirmed that the Chaplain returned thanks !
after pocketing the silver. 80
About /, zoo. Yankees, with fou. pieces Of
artillery, six FOUNDERS, each drawn by siatctn
nTaroes, landed at EyaHsport OF the; night of
April 2d, by tie light. Of Evans house, which
they set on rire. Thursday morning they Wanr
10 Uspt Graves snd took all his horses and
Mr.. Stonnell's. AtMrs. Powers, Sickles asked
for something to drink"-tbo thirsty var
rior l-and something TO cat The yard Was
iullof men rGulpng aud boxing. One asked
MrA. g.. ii she had any. Confederate inoney, sni
90 her replying, nc, that the army had takeh
il all with them, another said, that WAS
damned lie., Sicklea said he would have to
puS guy,d round The house. After giving
him fuOd aho begged him to leave her ore horse
to ret moat for her little children, but he re-
fur ID ard said she would probably get paid
when the wsr ,wss over Her faithful old oe.
gro pleaded his rheumatism, sua at last was
left, hut younger one with Der cart and oxen
tiisy tock, and afterwards hitcbnd to Mrs.
Bells carriage. -.
Thay took Mr. Prrry'a h0csct rid meat
Finding cavalry bride in Sam Gritiin's sta
bio thsy gave Wh0Dp and lU0 men sntarnd
and seized his Aou claw, JAMES Carter, Of
tue. Stafford Cavalry--and afterwards caught
j. Frazier, Of the ssme conpany. From Gril-
Ems they alo got s500sn gold and silver and
all bis horses From Nat. Ford all his silver,
horses ard two negroes. They broke into j.
Fl. Suttle's and tore mp his papern and every.
thing else. Fortunately ho had removed near
" all his property, and sickness prevented his
ssyine sll Z Our cavalry met tliem at Austln's 8
run, 9 miles from Stafford Court House. tWe
have already recorded their ioings at the
court House) After their rrtuTn Friday
morning.! three. sonPantea went to Mr.
Glayscock sand shot ail hia sheep, hogs, OEen
IN the cart, utllS oC,f aiiu Sl'io oil il'S atfS'
plate. groceries, hour, and even his deceased
witc's breasipin and finger rings, and took ev'
ery shot gun ho had. They returned to St.
Marysville, E. A. W. Hore's farm; and SO. hiu
barn on firo about 10 A. NJ, and consumed it
and the wheat, rye, &C., in it. Then burnt
his fish houses-msds a raft CT Some plank
snd tioated part of their plumber to the steam-
ers The rest they took to EransPoTt. Hor
sas which hesitsted 10 20 on board, were shot.
Saturday night they returned to Maryland.
Friday morning our scouts fred nn them from
Dipple Hill and scattered them, although hi
dis!ance is Lan) rH1'ir.
Thus euds the history Of lbc Invasion OF Viz
rinia By this Northern gen:lepsn ard Gene
raj, Daniel SicklOs, EI n. G., Sc.
In Leesburg ths Yankees have taken poGzta,
sion of Ohurcn, hall, Court House, Banks. sc.
tried to lorce CITIZENS to take the oath, sem
soldier to work with negroes at Wagon
hauling stone--stole5 and robbed teams