The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-03
THE WAR

| has shown Us two copies Of Northern papers, in
winch there are maps Of the 'diputed territory y
ohc shows'tae gronnd aranEd Richmond with far,
sfeaser accuracy than any Of our county maps--
The ioc iiisy OF the tents Of the rebcls" as scsu
IRON balloon, are correctly given, and the differ
cnt bia and fortifcaticns properly drawn Our
informant says they have committed every wort q,
depreciation on their line, oven to stealing a sheep
from n lady in Hanover. At another, houss. oecn
| pied by widow lady. they dug mp the brick eoor
and seized some money which they had heard from
her negroes was buri d there
| The Petersburg Ezaress.says:
Tee Federal guHbea. John Bell which was 20
| severely rcppered Oil Friday week last, while At
tempting to pass up James river, in the vicinity Of
turkey island, by q section Of French 4 battery
under tile direction Of Col Manning OF the Sd AZ
| KANSAS regiment. has turned mp Mt The North and
reports severe injuries sustained on tre occasion
ABOVE alluded to. Our boys fired 81 shots at her.
0pouhders, ricd) "a: distance OF 20 yards every
| one OF which was seen TO enter, aud must have
PASSED through anl through. Her decks, which
were crowded viii saarpshooters, were cleared at
the first shot from the Confederate battery and as
they all ran below the casualties must have been
numerous. Even the pilots left the wheel and the
John Bell dritted slo' y down the stream with the
flag flying at halfmsst. This signal OF distress Col
Manning did not res ect, he knew it was miser-
ablo piece of deception to the cOwardly van
| da.s who mad deserted thc deck AMI huddled be-
| low.
From gentleman who has visited Citv Point
within the last day two we learn that the malice
| OF the comnlsntieis Of the Federal fleet James
river was SO far INDUCED In their recent beestly
rad up our river as to impel them to the commits
sion Of many dastaraly acts. 1Aependent Of their
-wantol distraction If private property and the
great jeopardy ii wlich they placeH the lives Of
many peaceful citizshs on ti,e banks Of tho Apo
mattoX, they applied the match to all the buildings
under the hill at City Point, after shelling all on h.
hill, and afterwards ired the lumber houses and the
wharf, all Of which Were entirely consumed. The
wharf and the lumber houses could not be replaced
| under an expense Of S30OOO What their object
could have been in destroying these buildings we
| cannot divine, unless it was pure malice.
TRIP TO YANKEE LAND.
Richmond correspondent Of the Montgomery
ddotritscr furnishes that Journal with an account
Of the experience OF DR.. Bates. OF the 10th Aiaba
ma regiment. who remained with Lieutenant Colo
mel Henry Forney. who was wounded in the battle
| at. Williamsburg DR.. Bates staid at Williamsburg
about ten days was then sent to Washington city
prisoner; but in charge OF some of our woun.-
cd, went fist into hospital was then imprisoned
awhile, then parol.d for the District of Columbia
next paroled to come home, and finally discharged
Internationally The letter says
DR.. Bates decided to cas. bis 10, with the Colo
mel, and our troops DE- -parted and tile Yankees
were coming in ni,.,e himself ssistuOus in his at
tcntioNs to tle wounded \ suuad OF the enemy
soon Game hurrysng in, and inquired who were
there aud what tioy were doing They next asked
the Doctor how to get oA top of the building 10
hoist flag. Hc told him lie had not been up there
and di.' Rot know anything about il, and applied
himself more diligently i'll his attentions to the
wounded. The I inkees were iubllant over the re-
treat OF cur asny, and many o. them talked OF go
ing right ION to Richmond" bu. finally concluded
not do a just tica. Several officers soon visited
t:ol. Forney, and finally Gen. Mcclellan came in
ihrIn oil schn ,f
II. Forney, and learning that tie Colonel was his
brother inquired ..auc about him. and treated the
Colonel with great deaf of kindless. He assured
him he should have every attention and any QUAR-
ters in williamsburg, and as much rooEs as he
| pleased
! the Coloael's ebony boy Zenas was terribly
frightened, at commenced crying from the fear Of
| being earned off by the Yankees from Mis- Hen.
ry;' but he suffered 10 remain to take care of
his wounded master, and up to the latest accounts
| was st with him. The citizens of Williamsburg.
especially the ladies, minis,ered freely the suffer.
ngs a.,d wants Of our wounded The Federal Sur.
gcons in to LOOK after the wouadsi and visit
ed Col Forney, and rendered their services to him
The wounded were shortly after placed under the
| contro! of the Yankee Surgeons, after which DIR
| Bates played subordinate part, professionally
merely nursing, dressing AMI looking after the wants
OF the wounded He boarded at a private house iu
Williamsburg, receiving every kindness from the
williamsburg peopte whom he represents as ssaunch
in their ale auce to the Canfedcracy
sg ,hs m by a7sr nws.
and se.,t into Williamsburg along with our wound
ed. and occupied a position near Col. Forney DR.
Bates attended to his wants and suferngs and
they soon became acquainted on good terms. When
army LETT their wounded and tho Yankees
came iii, the Major told Dr. Bates if he got into
| any trouble to let him know, and he would help
| him ont of it. Tits turned out we'll fog subse-
| qucntly in Washington, when the Doctor was sent
prison for refusing to do drutgery Id the hospi-
tal at tine bidding OF medical cadets, or un-
fedged Docs" Major Dyyightst once in.erposcd
| and had him rarolcd for the city.
The condition OF things on board the transports to
Washington is described az horrible, where the
wounded Yankees and Soutiernrrs lay us close as
they could De packed, with their nav fostering and
| offensive wounds Our friend sent into q hos
| pita occupied partly by Yankees and partly by
| Southerners. The Doctor bears testimony to the
uniform kindness OF the enemy to our wounded.
They kindly cared ior and well treated every.
where by their captors and rarely received an un-
Kind word, except from occasional ignorant and
| vulgar fellow. lie states that the spectacle peo.
pie never annoy our with discussions of seces
sion;" that netinieS plymouth politician O,
| some ignorant fellow, would eneavor to deliver a
| lecture on the wickedness OF secession aud the
| enormity of fighting against the "0id Flag" Our
| men soon found plenty Of friends in Washington.
| The Secession ladies' were open and profuse in
their aito ntions, and lavish in supplying the wants
| Of the wounded prisoners, that the authorities in
terfered ind finally forbid their visits lie says ID
is true published in the Northern papers, that
| was not UNCOMMON to wounded Sou: herne r,
surrounded by groups OF ladies' in yastiing silks
| furnishing them all sorts Of delicacies books, pa
Pers de-, while many poor Northern birelings lay
with such attendance as the hospital furnished
After leaving til prison. he lived at Browns Ho
tel, without being troubled with ''your bill" and
had his pocket, full Of money. The Doctor saw
| the great magician Seward who pulls the wires
and Old Abe an. Mrs. LincOn several timez Old
Abe he describes, everybody else does, as long
awkward aud Kangaroo looking person. Mrs. Lin
coin out i'll her carriage tTeque ntiy, and is
pentee quiet, an,isble looking middle aged LADY,
The Doctor thinks she has been misrepre sented b,
| newspaper core sspoEdenta lis did not hear a sin
gle Secession lady-speak disrcspecsfully unkind
lily Of her.
The ucospaper writer's, politicians and wire
puers of the Inicolp dynasty violent, abusive
and vindictive towards Souietners. and succeed /,
stirring up their followers and keeping up thei
power, while the IL large class of harpies, ia tn
form Of Office holders, manufactures contractors
and spectators, WHO are now fatteuing o,s the war
| Many Of the soherer anil Intelligent peopl
are heartily tired of the war, and despondent .
final success The most marvellous repprss of grca
victories often put into circulation, especia
on the sailing Of a European steamer Great hand
bills are stuck eboat the streets. containing thes
announcements
The Doctor managed by little adroitnes ~ to avoi
being paroled not TO tell anything secn or heard
consequently is f. re in his comnuaicatiens bein
| untrammeled. While they were paroing the other,
. he managed to be very busy talking 10 { yanke
lady, hnd was overlooked
Iu Baltimore. DR.. Bates found plenty OF frisnsl.
Al - ou't VI Uo AltOWQ tIa4k yO8 Oe1o0
. | to the Southern army.
II They arc con- .se;,rd to keep "mum. as the sven
. | Of the Abolition Government hang over thenl-
Bat in their private circles, Clubs aud little socis
parties. they asJ5y sieiE ssntiE.sais and discus
matters. and wait aed hoge for .hetter day eon
lin singing NY Masyiaud' Tho Bonnie Blu
i Flag aud ..aet s. saiern war songa Ono nobl
w, 'cspsv. oslirer. in the prison at Washn,stc,
se7.s himself In bis prison Window of nm evenn,
and pours forth MY MrylRlld' TO the passin
crowd. In defiance Of jaiiorx and saarJa
Meciesn's ssasy was about ninety thousau