The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-04

| Luiy Glad that they icT1 exceptions to the
general conduct While was psrc;;oa the
.r'sone.s courier arrived, Informing ma sha!
the Enemy ~a,e app7oackinS WITH lws regi-
msnts Of cevslry And battery Of artillery,
and that shirDishfDg was then going on with
our piessss was therefore obliged 70 order
shs prisoners 70 Springfield On the double
quick: Soon after ws lsft Lebanon the hard
ost rsin ever experi.nced eong,eneed to fall
and Continued I'll O'Clock Arrived at Spring
ds!i At dark, when halted tue prisoners in
order TO parole thcss who wsre not paYoisd at
Lebanon. and Formally dismiss them. This
detained ms as Springfield two hocrs Z ftsr the
command had passed We. aad chilly. worn
oas, horse Cred and hungry. Stopped TO feed
her. Falling asleep, was awakened BY one Of
The men. Started on TO the coa anand When
I reached the point on the Bsrdetown road
whore had expected the Cd brigade to en-
camp, was halted by party Of cavalry. Sup
posing them to be o2r own piekets, rode up
promptly ~ correcs shem for standing in full
sies If sny ono approaching, when le to
ny raorsihsaiion, found myself prisoner Ny
ica how aassd Il, no ors can unasrA;aud.
Tas first shought, after my wife aud children,
was my fiss mare, named after = pretty little
cousin, Of Richmond, Va said, "poor Fan.
ME, who will treat you as kindly as I have I"
turned her over TO the Captain and begged
uim 20 take good es.rs Of her. which he pro-
missed to do.
July 9Th th-Tra,ellsd all day. Treated very
kindly BY Capt Smith. Sick, worn ont, com.
plsseIy waaried out. Spirits cheerful Net
Cspt.. Woleot on the road from SpripgRsld -
He got Cap. Smith TO parole ms. Capt Smith
Rnxious to do so. as hs had mere prisoners than
- could we'll take care OF. Acceu6pssieA
Capt. Woieot TO Dsnville. 6taid ali night there.
July 7A-Arrivsd at Nichoiasyiiis. o.
de,ed before the Provost Marshal Sent Oh to
LIE xington. Arrived in the afternoon and i'm.
medistely ordered 10 prison. Visited BY some
sweet, prettT, aud kidd ladies. God biess theml
know H9 will.
July 8A.-Graat rejoicing in Lexington over
The fall Of vicks5urg. Il do not believe it,
ls is great disaster, one among the very worst
that could bsfali us. But even il it ia go, and
even should I4ee'e army be destroyed, and
every town in the S,ush burned, the rebellion
would be unsnbdaad. There are hundred
thousand men in the South who feel as l do,
that thsy would rather an earthquake should
swallow the whole country than yield 70 oar
oppressers. Men who will retire to the noun
,aDs aud live on acorns, and crawl on their
bellies to shoe. an invader wherever Il ey can
see one.
A writer in the Enquirer, who was with
The expedition, gives an interesting account
of it. We make soma extracts, commencing
where the journal of Col. Alston closes
Jaly 9th-We marched on. to Corydor,
| fighting near there 4 500 State militia, aud
capturing 410 Of them aud dispensing the ra
maindsr; then moving, without q halt, through
Salisbury ard Palmyra to Salem-at which
| learned the station and nunbers Of the enemy
srouaed for the hum discovered tha. Indian,
apoiis was running over with them-that New
Albany contained 10, ,tO0-that 5000 had just
| arrived at Mitchell; and, in fact, q, 900 men
wers armed and ready 10 meet the 'bloody in
| vsdsr." Remaining a. 5 siem only long enough
70 destroy the railroad bridge and track, ,wske
| scout to the o ,io and Mississippi road, near
! Seymour, TO burn two bridges, q depot, and de.
ssr0y the track for two miles, which was effect.
| cd in an incredibly short time. Then taking
| the road to Lexington, after riding all night,
| reached that point At daylight, capturing q
number Of supplies and destroying during the
! night the depot and track at Vienna, on the
| Jetfsreonville and indianapolis Railroad
Leaving LAxineton, passed on North to the
Ooio and Mississippi. R4iroad, neaf Vernon,
| where, tiading Gen. Manson with a heavy
| force of infantry, we skirmishad with him
two hours AZ o fsiut, whiis tha main CON-
| mand moved round the town 10 Dupont, where
| SQUADS wers sent ont to cut tie roads betwean
| Verneu and Seymour on the wet, Vernon and
Lsussuceburg on the east, Vernon and Madi-
| son on the south, and Vernon and Columbus
on the north Not much brighter were the
bonirss aud i.lumnations iu celebration of the
Vicksbnfa victory by the Yankees than our
counter iiuinilatsoEs around Vernon. Many
Cd ladies' were aroueed from their fiambsrs
t, rejoice over the bril.il ant victories recently
achieved Su,mise5 were various and many.
Ono old lady knew that the city Of Richmond
was on Are another that JEFF Davis had been
killed; third that the Armv Of Virginia was
used no. Not one knaw that Gen. Joan II WAS
| ia 800 mil q of them. Daylight brought the
news, anu thsn Tor miles houses were found
oH Isxs n,1 ltvck rta nf
pure, fresh water, with en- occasional sprinkle
| Of wines, liquors, and weetmeats, were thrust
upon US. Terror WAS depicted upon every couu-
tenanca until q brief conv ersation, assuring
them that VS. were not warning upon women
and children, Then their natural eHrOntery
woald rsturn, and their visis OF uuccrkod
wrath would ponr upon us streams rs mnddy
"a If esnanating from old Aba's brain. From
Ve.non We proceeded to Versailles, capturing
| 500 militia thefo and gathering on the road.
Near this poin. Captain p. a Presbyterian
chaplain, aid former line officer in one Of our
regiments, actua.ed by q iaudabie desire to
change eteeds, moved ahead, Il .nking the ad.
vance and running upon full company OF
State militia. Initiating his commanders de-
M sano., he boldly rode up TO the compsny and
INQUIRED for tas captain. Being Informed
that there was dispute as to who should lead
them, he volunteered his services, expatia
ting largsiy upon the part ne had played As an
Indiana captain st Shiloh, aud was soon elected
to lead tina valiant Hoosiars against "ihs in-
vaaing rebs" Twsaty minutes spent in drill
ing inspired complete confidence; and when
| the advance guard of Morga AM command had
passed without Capt T. permitting the Hoo
| aiers to fire, he ordered them into tho road and
surrendered them to Our command. Crest
falien, indeed, were the Yanks; bat Gan. N /,
| treating thsm kindly, returning to them their
gons, advised them to 20 rome and not coma
N 1Vfi a q
thing tc loss and nothing to gain by it.
Daily were we DELAYED by the snnsyirg
cry of saxes to The 'front.'" cry ttat warned
| us Of bush hwhacksrs, ambUscadss snl block
aded roads. From the l4rh to the l9sa every
hillside contained an enemy, and every rsvine
a blockade. Dispiritsd and worn down We
reached the river a. 3 A. NJ. on this l9ah, a. q
ford sb, Pomeroy, think, called Portlaod.
at 4, t.so COMPARES wero thro wn acrOss the
river aa3 were instantly oponed upon by the
enemy, seout of 300 men wete sens down
| the river bal! mi's, who rsportes! haas that
they had foand email fores behiad rifle pits,
and asked permission of Gen. N. to chargs.
He assented and BY Ave he WAS nos.i ID taa,
Col Smith had successfully charged the pits,
capturing $50 prisoIsrs Another courier AZ
living a5ous the sa ns tims reported that a
suuLost had approached near our bat.ery and
On being fred upon had re,irad preci2i.assiy
the writer here gives description Of the
battle of Boffi ,gton lsland, heretofore publish
ed Hs escaped over the river Into Virginia
Wa paroled, up TO tbs 1914, near 5000 Fed
| erals, they o5liga.ins themselves not " taks
up arms during the war We destroyed
thirty.four Important bridges, destroying tha
| track in sky places. Our loas Was By nc
nnssns slight % commissioned cfii ,srs killed,
! rs wounded, and 80 M IN killed, wounded