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

Biair's diyisi ~ ssassklK ths town and rector
lug Crdof. IIuairy sds known that the
evacuation bseau At4ax = 81 ,et on the pre-
eei;:ng AvsaieE. ana - ssuplstsl jrs. asiors
day. Ths rAkeiSe1 1sff bal little behind. a
very iias cc!anibia - aud some artillery
awmanision wxsNF sa Some very tias
Eaxii.h aud asrn aan,aHi,ioa was found
,rampled dow IN sfsMfssts, and soma Of the
newly invested 9efA4c phosphoric explosivs
musket balls wers ~ discovered. Fifty 0,
s.xty cars wore founfE4s the depot.
During the righ faree fire had ragged iu
the town Il Leesue evident On inspection
taa. the Il Ames weT6n3t ths resuit Of Federal
shells, but ti:at ten or twelve stores, contain
ilIx coistuissary goods, when cuuid not ba car
risd away had teea ast are 70, and the eeIiis
grafton sp.ead un.il sifty or sixfy honsss wsrs
consumed This dss.rsetion, adlsd 10 what
occurred on tue preyioas occupation Of The
place by the national trsops soais wesks ago,
left jackson bat Il pesf wreck, locking iis.,-
like the capital of y great state. 81 del bs-
atsiy had the re.feating army left tbs pl Ace
that they .oak all tasir sick with them Very
few people were foEad Ia the place and nost
Of them were Foreigners
Oar informant SIZED Tho headquarters of
ten. Johnston He fouHsiihsm safely placed
ia an excavation, whore N s,,ot sald strike
or sheli penetrate. Aftersthe place wss in
Gen Shermaas hania, huaaseds Of dsssr,ers
from the rebel army Lex2n 70 pour in Tnsv
esid ihe struggle waa n{isalgsr hapsful one !;
that there was no ehsssS os saeoess re mainiDg,
AID they were glad to Ses 10 the Federal army,
and woald fight agsins. the CID dag no longer
In the afternoon Of the day in which the
place was taken possession Uf. Friday, Gen.
Sherman sent cut cavalry vita orders to III,
stroy railway, bridges aud euiverts, 60 as to
interrupt Communications The troops tha.
left with Johnston were expected TO Join
Bragg People in the country arouui were
loud in tbei. profassions that they had besu o.
posed to "this thing" III The outset, they want
ed to have nothing to do with it, only to live
Qai .tlg that they had BEEN pushed into it
against their will, and they only wished they
had JEFF Davis and bis coadluofs TO deal with,
and that they believed that if the eoidiers
would not pillsgs and burn quite warm Union
sentiment would BE- exhibited; sli of which
may bs taken with allowance JEFF Davis they
accused of being gaity Of not properly def nd
lag his own State and bis ne: & aborhood. Penn
befton they cursed literally as traitor, IN
worthy of tho confidence that had been placed
in his ability.
The Federal loss, iu the various skirmishes
and assaults that had taken place, amouated
to nine hundred men. Ciiizsns said there had
been much sickness daring the summer months
among the troops there. in tns falls around
were hundreds upon hundreds Of graves, made
principally since May iast When .johnston
left Jackson be took away with lin betw ween
fifty and sixty pieces Of artillery; many Of
them were old and not very safs to use.
At Vickstucg the Fadsral works are being
ieveied, and rebel civilizations pu. iato more
perfect condition than they were before. A
number OF the ti1sst guns are being mUuatsd,
aud the place will be held as q iirst class mill
tary fortiticati0n.
jeff DAvia's house had been Overhauied by
some OF the soldiers. AU0ng other things
found there wsTe letters sho Wiu, that con-
spiracy 10 disrupt the Uaon had bssn in ex
is eaoe years before tue election of Mr. Lid
cola. Letters from Presidents Buchanan and
Pierce were discovered. Ihsy SHOWED no
small Obse qniousnsss towards III, mighty j ell.
4 c1UsTEEFEiF COSsED :Rkrs HessY RSYIa-
TOSS ~ . MUsDt DtkE=
David s. SseaIer, Tie murderer Of NJ. L. w
Tay !or, near X snosha. Wis has bean convict.
ed and sentenced 10 imprisonment for life in tho
S ate Prison st Waupsn, at which institution
he was delivered GA Friday last. Tbs Miiwau-
kee Sentinel says:
Shearcr gave lis profession, when asked by
the entry clerk at Waup1n, at Il professional
gambler. lie seoutl ths iioa of isiving Killed
'ray !or, alleging That with his kno " iedga Of
cou aterfsiting money, &c, hs could DO better
thaa TO kill q man for - AaA -auIiars He
siso stated that the evidences ieited against
lin on tho trial was suca that, had hs been u
Juror, hs would have convicted lis own bro
taer and that tbs jnry who tried lin cnuii
Il I'd no other verdict .han that of guilty.
Before h;s c,nv clion ShsaIer was sent for
by Gen. Kosecrans " nis he tSaeafet) was in
i Ill at Kenoshs, bat the Sheriff ia Kenosi,..
county refused to give him up. Resscsans ex-
pressed his discrimination TO have him hung.
4s SheaEer had been regular epy for tns
rebsls
Shearer was presens a. The battle of CoTin:h,
ami it WAS stated that he was drummsd cut Of
sump at that place While 10 the South tAla-
bana aid ArxaHses) Siearer procured epsci
mens OF Confederate uIoGey-tens, twenties
tf,ies, aud hunil eds..ud wit or from theie
spe cimeps he had plates n.sIo ia Cincinna,i
aud then had half L million struck oii This
WAC sent by "a TRASHY a.au. 10 North aud South
Carolina, aid .hsro 1t was exchanged Tor Caro-
lima and Georgia tluney. Tne Carolina and
Georgia money .as then taksn TO Kentucky
aud there changed into Ksnsucky money. The
Kentucky money was taken to tho viciuity OF
Louisville and tAoge converted into gree enbacks
| a tLis manner about forty i've cents On the
dollar not Wae rcaLa5d
"its also states that he bought, in sumo part
Of tie South, 1. Ianiiiy OF counterfeit reeu-
bseas, nais ia nglaad, for ID canls oa .hs
dollar. 10 .est the quality OF this foreign
countsfi felt Eionsy, hs iSiearssl took ons
hundred dollar gresnbaoa into bank III Louis
vile, presented it for change aud the banker
readily took it, and gave him i've twenty dol
| Al sreeubacks for ii. Slearer ssatss as 20
sitiva fact, that the counterfeit. greoAuaoks that
were made in Eagla are such good inii:a
lions Of the geuuins that they cauIot DO de-
Il eeted aud that there are immense Numbers OF
ten eli sat- and shat they pass readily.
ConFEDEkATE Pais MFRS
The Baltimore Amesicaa, ef IL )aiay. has
the following ia its local coiama;
Bsief nentiou was mads Of the arrival Of
about 100 rebel prisoners from Washing ton.
aud Of their being sent in the 9.i5 o c'odk tram
of the Northern Central Railway on Friday
hight, en roats TO johnson Island, S.ndGsky y
Bay
The following is lis. OF the eai ;sts, % In
nnnbsr:
Major II q Lewis, ga n Z regiment; Capt
f ID Oliver. co !. 18Th t:rgnia; Caps
Holland, Co A, ls:h Virginia Capt Robsrs
McCu!ioch, t" b, same regimsas Capt h q
B:own, co l, 27.t Virginia; Capt G Boil,
@ II, ~ Georgia; Capt Anthony kpnlsr, co
G s.h Aiaoama; Captain X \ B'owu. CO A.
18Th Mississippi; Frs, Lieuseantd Il w joiner,
company /. 18Th Vrgiai'; Second Lisstsnans
j W Hack, 9Th Virginia; Second L,rn.enaas
j w Whitehead, company l, aai Virginia
FIRST Lieut = Cfaw ford, CO h, 6th N &, Second
Lieu, J L Martir. co l., 2tss y Z; First Lieut.
ME- Jonss, co ID, 23d N &; First l. eat s :,
i vans, co Is. a ii N G. Second Lisut d
New son, CO IL, sams regiment; First Lient q
81 Whining, co c, same regiment; Third Lieut.
Wyatt Lse, co G, 22d Ga; second 1t q Son
slssby, co &, 81 Ga; Second l.. john b Bent
lsy, CO +, 22i Ga; Second LIZ 9 n Rce, co II,
Ssh Ala; Second l.. w Meody, co d, "a Missi
second Janior L. Andrew Loadop. CO A. l6.h