The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-18
Nitbmanh qispattt.
-vssnaY mus. FEB, ~. iss1
lCesrespondenee OF tie 4ehm'ad ns?'a' =. ~.
,5;scs a. The Peninsula Bethel TIE BG'Hs

fCnsrespordesee % tie Siehm >ad bs.'as ~
J,b;,ys on The Peninsula Bethel-1 The BG'Hs
Field, sc.
CAVALRY CAxP, Bio BkTHsI't
York county, Va. req ~ -
white the face of the country III ~ ~. /. siish
dinte locality has undergone GU Wa terio,
.h.,e A i'm ~ aspect since the gfes1 '" r., a
enanhs . :" Csnsra, Buties's forces iass = uh.
x,iIt a na,elial alteration III io sa,ied TO
exists Numerous trees ha ,ata halls an,
tne purpose OF EXTRACTING Min Nm. we've deepi
others, o. .ess snetr,rnuks Ihese missiies q.
h'shIy r,r,zsd and are held oS " n,roaay csls
lin ,s.rs as mem CD toes 81 w. .s, ,,,on wlic
bra,ed battle ground, - the lime of rail-,
.1nuss. man has long since been isI1sn go, y.
.,natl parceis, ont OF WniSn -, -. .es
-,ctv Of cther vatuaoie a. 't.at,ng ,nt
F"ty sn,nrad 1t is truly intefes'Ws' ~
manmhuiation over this great atIefof
- she suot upcn which the ohi AnnE
aSerous WYATT was slain white IN toccu-
airing II frame building tnaS ~ OF .ns
.hnIter tor the enemy. Also " oY capt:
SUI nv a detachment OF 1fed by denI
s,narles City Cavalry, ooafed Win snow
Rnn.rt Doatnat, who -5.emy's guns, 20
Masruder, when the opea, upon their haa-
Mss - nuilsts fror..g or spike gun that
n.rs. with Itch IRE upon our works.
as.,,,erv On sAnos 10 commemorate the
,S.sn an, y. .Ach al aggrieved AID op-
rma Re,n,scf ieved 4 brilliant victory.
81 -. 1kand for future generations TO
1850 efort was made sci>e three o.
fsclh ago by the Yankee cavalry to de-
AS old chur( IA by fire. bat ia his they
After nr,Eg it in two places they were
zen or So lurrisdly by the New Kent and
<Ames City cavalry that they did not nave
skn opportunity Of witt sssins sncn an unnciy
confiagraticn Tho roads from \ ork tOWn 70
this place are alr,os ira passible and bottom
less, owing TO the tcpioos roins and constant
travel upon them; and, as Iar SIS we nave been
able to learn others, If not ali, are in the same
d q - hal a
Of he roads, we have besn supplied with an
abundance OF both forage aud provisions
The cry Of beef is not as oteh or as loudly
heard rs three III on tbs since, MS tki.L Oh pork
las been substituted In its place.
The military aIdor OF our valiant ac.oicrs
burns With the same fire that II did tSveiVe
rncn.hs age; they are unwilling to strike
their ColoTs at so mpOrtaut u JaNCture :as
this, when our very existence as = nation is
imperiled, and ut time when the whole
country IS locking intehty NJ this stai"art
and Pc Wertut arm TO ward eli the blow; pat
they are coming up Dobly aan g4usntlF 70
,ae standard OF their country, to drive back,
Al all haznras, the feEd- like invaders OF the
sunny south; Trey are eEtEcing this re.ef-
mination every day by ire large huih oeFs
that are -eniisting for another ierm OF ser
vice ItaIgues th4t II is Lot tor the paitrY
remuneration, received a. he hands Il me
Government, which induces tlem 10 serve
their country, GU. that They are actut cd oy
patriotism AID 10 bier impulses.
An election iii The new Kent cavalry, to I'LL
a vacancy occasioned by the demise OF Capt
Melville Walden, was held a feE days ago,
which resulted as foilows-viZ: Teienachus
Taylor, Captain; WIN. K Clopton, LIST Lieu-
tenan /; Oliver III. Chandler, % L!ente nan';
Sou hey l.. savage, Sd lieutenant; James
s Christian, "a Sergeant, IL ichaei she IMAM,
9th Sergeant, sam uel Il. Appersoa, ith Cor
porai This company has done haTd service
since i: mas been On the Peninsula. II has
been on an outpost all the winter, but Inc
men perform their duties with aiacrlty and
cheer !uIness DYKE.