The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-04
VOL. XIII.

ssul remains, and this perhaps marked some aras.
| tocra,ic quarter of the camp Al Savagc's farm,
| however, the scene is still more remarkable. II
was here that . Yankee railroad train was set on
Are and destroyed, with vas, amount OF commits
| sasy and ordnance stores Scattered over large
SPACE Of grouai ARE broken boxes and barrels rice,
| sugar, coffee, cern. and ammunition Of every
| sort. Muxkets. in most instances either bemt
| or broken. are strewn over tae ground de
| posted in The bitches by the roadside An
| embanknsent on the south side OF the track.
where che FIRE ragged heavily, presents n com
| peie sheet os molten lead which may be saved 10
eas; into bn!le. fer an army which has fully proved
its :llan,ry on tie bloody fields OF the past week.
There IL n,uch si,es that can DC made useful, not
| wths.andmg the enemys attempt at wholesale de
s,ruc,ian: many thousand axes. shovels and other
| implemenis with which the Yankees expected io
| Gu, aud di. their way to Richmond, and a vast
aasstity OF clothing, blankets and every article
which could not conveniently be carried away ON
the retreat.
We are informed that the contents Of an entire
train of cars were deposited in Chickahominy
river aud some valuable stores will probably be
taken out uninjured
The enemy had established Il General Hospital
! at Mr.. Savages housc, and there are now at that
place thousand or mere sick and wounded of the
Federal army including some officers attended by
their own surgeons. Most of these individuals are
in hospital tents, though some are lying under the
trees, in the barns and in the poultry houses
The ice house is well packed with excellent ice,
which it would be well enongh to have removed TO
Richmond. 1t was very near this place that Sc
we're engagement occurred Sunday last, and
many dead Yankees are rottiag unbured on the
field
Another hospital, at Meadow Stat ion, some two
or three miles below is filled with the sick of the
enemy. Two Massachusetts, negroes were found
here. and have been brought to Richmond.
To facilitate their operations the Yankees hal
constructed turn-outs at different points OH the
railroad, and considerable quantity of timber for
crossties scattered through the forest, makes it
appear that ether improvements were iii conteni-
plation
THROWING SHELLS.
Our galway battery threw seyer;. shell over into
this neighborhood las. Sunday and while the prs-
oners deny that The result disastrous to them,
it is belle ye, Yhat somebody was hurt, ut all events
the firing gave the Yankees q hint that they had
better leave withou: unnecessary delay and t;.y
evidently understood 1t.
EXPLOSION OF A TORPEDO.
An incident OCCURRED Tuesday, some eight
miles below Richmond, south OF the railroad which
proves that the enemy did not neglect 10 leave b
hind them some ot the means of annoyance anl.
even danger, to our men. party oi Georgia sol
diers Were resting near well, into which a goes,
many muske,s had been thrown One of the nun =
Der arose IN walk a short distance VIXEN an explc
sion took place immediately under his feet. The
poor fellow was severely burnt, but some gentle
men OF the Richmond committee discovered his con
diiion, and by the OF sinplo remedies soon allie
waited his sufierngs. No doubt The enemy buried
a torpedo The we'll but fortunately the nis-
ehief c..u;ed 10y the explosion very slight.
FAIRLY WITH THEIR EILLs.
Three gentlemen evidently of foreign extraction,
arrived al the Excl ,nse Hotel yesterday afternoon
from the city.ot New York, VIZ. Washington and
GorlonsyiIie Iaboring under the erroneou; u,-
preston that Gen. Mcclellan had accomplished the
iont, promised feat Of capturing the Southern cap
tai, they frank enough 10 state that the prr
pose Of their visit to Richmond wa 10 establish an
agency for the collection of Southern debts due
the merchants ami others of the Northern cities. -
They had with them large nE!.tiy-r Of bills from
different horses in New York Int before au nppnr
NslS ~ ti''Flii tIthl tity SffEf III
charge Of the Provost Marshal'a yg.lnt detectives
and We're parnled to make their appearance before
Gen. Wnder this morning NJ O'Clock
YANKEE TROPHIES.
Many wa~on loads of war material abandoned
by the Yankees and left on the battle. .-hl were
brought to this city during yesterday. When any
of the wagons continuing Yankee plumber would
come TO halt on the streets they would soon be
surrounded by crowd, who would examine with
curious interest the lies left by oar Northern
brethren" W. understand that GJr several days
past the Government has l.id teamsters employed
gathering mp every Thing OF y.nue left the di
ent battle fields. The yield in muskets, cannon
overeoats, Jackets, &c, promises TO BE- cnor1nons
The vandas destroyed all the guns they could but
still left Il good supply.
YANKEE CRUELTY.
We noticed yesterday an instance in which n Con
federate soldier had been captured uniniurel and
subsequently recaptured by forces badly wound
ed, having been assaulted violently by two Federal
officers during his captivity. We have since heard
it stated that in several instances where wound
ed fel. into the enemys hands, they were either
shot or bayoneted These statements scarcely
seem credible, and but for Yankee letter which
wei, doubt their truth Al extract which we mike
from this letter fully establishes the statements a..
luded TO. The writer, in speaking Of going OVER
the field after an engagement, says:
1T was pretty hard looking sight. The ground
WAS covered with dead rebels and wounded There
were n great many that were oniy wounded and
they very spInky that is, some Of them were.
After they were wounded, they wo:d set mp and
fire at our men MS they came up; bnt the boys
put them out OF the way by running their b.yoncts
through them. 1t looked rather hard but When
man is wounded he ought to be satisfied to stop.'
CAPTURE IN THE WOODS.
A correspondent sends US the following incident
OF the igh. on the ;}0th:
Five members of tho 7th Virginia regiment, hav-
ing been detailed AZ guard Die Meehaniesrilie
turnpike near the Chick kah0miny, were told hy {,
wounded soldier that there were some twenty-five
Yankees in TIE woods.ncar by. The guard. having
been reinforced by two Texans, determined to cap
turc the Yankees nj all hazards Soon after they
left, they heard that a squad Of cavalry, under
command of Lieut. Wager, had gone in pursuit of
the enemy Horner aud his companions proceed
I'd at doubeGuick. that they might have the honor
Of e!I.cting The capture of thu ene,ny before the
cavalry would come mp. In this they were disali-
pointed for the cavalry and they reached the ground
about one and the same time On coming within a
short distance of the enemy, whom they found to
number fifty -fonr, instead of twenty-five will,
loaded muskeis, they demanded .ieic s1rrspler
The Yankee officer demanded to know to whom lie
surrendered He answered by Iieut. Wager
II whom he Immediately delivered up biz sword.
CASUALTIES.
In the engagement on Tuesday, in the ist COIN
rany of Richmond Howitzers, Private Jno. II. Her
ring was killed; w l.. Waddiil, severely wounded;
and S.rgt. w. II: BlackadOr and Pryates .. NJ
Price, J. b. Wise. W. G. Kean Harrison Suble., and
h. II. selater, slightly injured ~
MARKET HALL.
The wounded at this haspital are receiyins thu