The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-08

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sssSius,es 81 "A old mar. s.s AS. Asa tNo
tin AgtstsSs augat sixtsen ana s'st TEN ysats
OF sSo. O poor. delicate AID wounded youth,
vho Represented himself to be hf.ssn ycars
III aseIs Tennesseean, and the son Of we'll.
to.d % fkYmer. He spoke OF hIs horse and his
parsnts, and the big tears In hts eyes giistened
81 the dim frslight that lighted the darkened
room. ufperal Manson appeared rather
ashamed Of the same diaplsy Of weakness In
HE, but I ehould blush II did not record
that the tears Of sympathy stood In mine
for the poor grief w.s %css 81
stances that might name, nor have the
full list Of the wounded. Among the many
wounded at this place find the following OF
the fifteenth Mississippi alone. who have
Just given me their nance:
John Buckley, In thigh.
John Goodrich, in thigh.
b. F. Watson, In thigh.
John Lucas, badly burned: has negro ser
want With him.
WIN. A Turner, In foot
Il. D Clemens, arm and stde-a cousin Of
Jsrre Clemens, Of Huntsville, Ala.
Thomas ]. Stearns, In knee
W. ~. Ohishoim.
wallace b. Skurr, right arm.
at the same place Is Henry T.. Graves, o!
Nashville, q member OF the Tween tisth Ter
nessee, who was shot through the ter side,
the ball penetrating the left lung, and who
walked from the battlefield Of Monticello
He says at least $50 men were drowned In
crossing the umberlAnd river, and corrobo-
rates the statement Of another that the OFF,
csrs In the boats used their swords on The
men 70 keep them from swapping tho boats
thus killing great many. who sank to the
bottom.
wallace II. Skurr, wounded In the righ.
arm. does not require the wealth which be
profssses to have 70 the amount Of $500 COO, To
make him . gentleman. His xentlsmanly
demeAsor and manners are natur ally his
as asss s1e sSpsa 81 musb
est. -lthough oaly : private. he was init
mate With the principal olncsrs. He knew
their plaAs ~ well - any man in the brig.
sde, uni says that he II aware that General
{3rit,snden made his noTthward move anu
attach IS q desperate chance. and that he was
forced 70 il by the condition Of his Commits.
sary department. He saysi 1t was i'm possible
TO remain two days longer whore they were,
inst M their provisions were ia their hayer-
sacka Then they marched. He thinks II VIZ
had hnd . general In the place Of Schoepft
A. Ssaerset, that their whole force could
havx been captured.
rxplaA ACCOUNT or TaE LAs1 s4IsxIsH AT
occo9uI.
M, a. Nv attoru DON another little sktr,oIsh
orcuS .rd near the banks Of The Ococouan
II W a, reported in the morning that a body
of r. Lsls was at Pohick Church. Captain
Low tax, Of the Sd Michigan regiment, Col
Cham 31in, then ON picket duty in front OF
General Helm tzelmsn's division took thirty.
four mes, under Lieutenant Brennan. II ON
don pAny r, and forty four, under Lieut.
Bryan, from Company =. and went TO meet
them. Arriving at fohick Oh urch, no rebels
N The banks Of the Oc<oqnan, opposite the
town of that name. Arriving there early in
the q fterno DON, few unarmed men were OBJ.
serv ed drilling in the tqwn. They gave the
alarm. when q number Of rebels came from
the no uses and fred ON our men A brief
skirmish took place. Four OF the rebels were
seen 70 fall, I'D were carried off by their com
rades. No injury was sus.a AIMED by any of
our party, except by one man, who was
slishtly bruised by spent ball
The enemy was n bout sending large party
&C ross the OccoqUan, when our men re tired
to their picket IosLs Near Mis. Siolst's
hou se they discovered tent, which was used
NV a rebel picket and destroyed H.. When
they had reached Pohick Church On their re-
turn they heard TOUR volieys and several
separate shoss, fired nearly TWO miles dis
tant. bearing 70 the Left. As Zone OF our
partv were out at the time, 1t 10 supposed
that the rebels had sent over couple OF
SQUADS to attempt 70 capture our men, and
NJ Getting with each other ADD b. mlstnke href
apon their own men.
sCocrIEa Party.
A party OK fennsyITabt0na went OUT On
scout o few days since. They proceeded
nearly twelve miles aAOng the Orange and
Alexandria Raj road. and secured the coun-
try between Bark's Station and Fairfax
Oourt. House. They ascertainsd the posi-.
tons of the enemy's outposts and heard til g
bea ing Of the rebel drums. They found that
q young man, residing beyond our lines, Who
had been freq uently seen about our emo amp
ments, was in the habit Of conveying infOY.4
nation TO tn" enemy. He was arrested snd
r. in
animation The day before his arrest he was
in Alexandria, with q few articles which he
purchased there. He went out to the house
Of Widow Taylor, who is his aunt. He says
pickets were posted at his gate Widow Tay-
.or has at least one son In the rebel army. A
30 uadron of Stewards rebel cavalry had been
At her house about week ago, and had taken
iortY three head of cattle from people resid-
ing in that nsighboThood.
ACTIVITY OF RBBEL BArT1aIEs On THE LOWER
tt PoToAAo ,=,s
Sunday being tho rebels fancy day for
firing. the batteries Mt Shipping Point opened
on the Maryland shore after breakfast. +
number OF shells were thrown across, one OF
tnem bursting over the land, while others
did not aprear to explode. One Of the shells
exploded Immediately On leaving the gun,
the boiling up of no water close In TO the 'r.
GINA shore indicating where the naSmsnts
{ be rebels ceased firing. thus concluding the
service In the afternoon they
open cd Ore sgain. the shells bursting az In
mornips wish tn: 0erss'a HdS o. Emo mo
,iil not return the DIRE.
raB BaTpss BuaSKRs.
or President Davts's threat In relation TO
the Missouri bridge burners, the Herald
yays:
order OF the War Department., directing the
priv ateersmen to be regarded as prisoners
II war, had not reached rebeldom when this
ast rness8ge was sent from Richmond. The
sentiment expressed by those who know the
purport of the ge Is, that the officer who
truce, should have been retained and hung
vi tn the bridge burners.
The names Of these convicted OF taking
part IN the railway destruction, and now
ander sentence Of death, are John y. Temp
ktns, VIM. J Forshey, John Patton, Thos.
N. smith, stephen StOtt, Geo. II. Can ming.
ham, Richard Is. Orowder, and George n.
Pnlliam.
In regard to tLeir conviction, the order
says:
Tha findings are approved, and the SEN
fences awarded them will oe carried into
Oh eEt at the time and place 70 ba hereafter
desdgnated by the General com N aiding the
Brigadier General u. 10. Prem
tiss will notify the prisoners Of the dec ision
Of the Commission In their respective cases,
and warn them to prepare for the execution.
he Wall zee that the prisoners arc thorough.
II guarded. 20 as 10 prevent the possibility Of
escape. ANY one attempting to escape will
b. instantly shot down.
PnpnlAL rIyANCBs-NBcsssrff OF IHhRDtAfB
Acfro1-sscRsTARY CnAs. ON 1H3 DC BJacr.
In note to Mr. Spauldlp & Secretary Chase