The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-25

a hrsllisat scouting party under CAps.ta Rc1.
dy. was sent from Tppelo Ssw days zines. Ahs
result Of which 4 thus of1cisiiy reported,
In CAxP. August e. le62.
0KsEnAL: Being Joined BY Captains Eazis and
Lewis. with their respective Commands, we marched
to the railrosd, expecting to md traan Of ears.
Upon arrival We found the trein had unloaded
to Decatur. We pursued them by sc!scuitous route.
and came upon the head Of their column soon after
daylight Wasting until the whole body had passed,
charged altar mem in the rcad, the advance be-
Ing led BY Lieut.. Whisten.nk We pnrsned them
to within three miles Of Decatur, capturing l11
a E7hoS1Is1y M 10 aSNcurt, dres Skey
wese left scsttsrsd extensively the road and In
the adaeent cornde,da
We captured 50 guns, which were Divided equally
among the command
We suf.red . loss q ons tfl1eA saA three
wounded. ~ Of Capt Easae's cenpsny. bssIdes
three horssA
We went 10 again yesterday evening near the
railroad altar forage and had Q skirmish with .
scouting parry, With 10 other resuls than running
than 70 thelr nests. We burned two ne~iss- snd
cub the telegraph wire ss two points
vsr7 rsspsatfuisy, yorx obs serve.
y. D. RoppY.
Captain Connlandicg VldettsR
Captain Roddy represents the enemy % fortified
AT Eve different places between Tuscumbia and
Decatur, on the rsilros6. viss Town Creek. Conrt.
y.
Their movements au tend eestward
aHQofIso DOWN RUHAwAYs.
A. the battle Of Baton Rouge, the eth L..
ran from battery whieh they had captured, and
thus caused additional loss to The Conssderasss 4
letter to the Mobile T2ssvapk. which sivsa this
fact says
During the day Wingheld's Louisiana cavalry
also became frightened Ut Q shadow Ind Aed from
the Geld riding over several of6cers and msn. and
weundins them ssverely. Among others was
Gen Ben. II. Helu Of Kentucky, who had his leg
badly bruised These fellows. were ordered to halt
when they passed our lines, but paying no atIen-
ton to the command, were fred on and q number
Of them killed aud wounded Another victim I.
. brother Of Mra Lincoln and . member Of Gen
Helms sta6, who was Instantly killed.
BRUTALITY TO cokrrpRRATs crr1xrss,
The Savannah Republican says that soon aftsr The
occupation Of Memphis By the Federal forces, .
citizen named Forrest. brother Of our gallant Gen.
Forrest. resulting, as might be expected, In the
d. s.h of the Yankee, Forrest Is an inhrm msa, %
much - that his liTnbs arc contracted, and Il Ii
with difficulty that he can get about even upon
crutches. He was immediately seized by the Fed.
eral authorities. and sfer having been kept In irons
for several weeks, he was put into Q wooden box,
hut little longer than bis body, bored with holss
barely sufscient to admit the necessary air to sus.
tain LIE. In this condition he was transfer, ed 10
the most heated part Of one of their sunboass lying
opposite the city where he was fed ON bread and
water aud steamed TO The utmost extent Of endur.
ance, without taking the life Of their suffering vic.
tim. He was in this condition when his bro her,
Gen. Forrest. made his gallant and sucee essful
charge on Murfrsesboro, since which time for res-
sons fully satisfactory to themselves, they have
though: 1t prudent to berate their victim and ban
:sh him beyond their inea