The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-05

wss 10 Viek-tnr9 o. the time OF i.s sasssnass,
a'i,ss 80 tia. paper al Interesting account Of
ia recaileeiicns. fem whisa Va make soass
.xtrar.s:
Oa enc occasion the Yankees wsra driving
deck OF snsep, which thay had stossi from
eo-as OF taa tirmeva. The s'ieap ataapedsd
lai ran into cur liuss. iarnissing oaf i'oops
with ffssh innti.,a on Yanksa account Tters
~ss a largo ngsu,ag of hofsas tHsAs'i o.'t of
e iluss Tar want OF sasastIiiue Il, e..S. No
nrigs conld be had ia .awH, as,i iiasa wsrs
II do .a sos shsm to brogss neon the Iss.yss.
Ev-ry day | eaw frnm ous te hnf a dozen
perish ey starvation: aai ii e:.a :istre saing To
vitaess Tia sIitsl,1gs of poor inDsb b.atas,
-ntail.d nPon them by man iahuniauity.
. Some fsw OF the noss singular iuciasn.s viii
ID to naTrata, ~ they hss0ng to ii... eiass CT
Cireen,ons eaoapes which ap one c 70 assaun.
iJr. isdy hst iass arisen from her rocking
,.isir. when largo shsll came through the
enGf, fs!iing nrcn tla caair and going Into tha
3,.:lar, harssei, and sliiysred the haasa iato
fragments, The lady baing in the midst OF the
fdia, aud was Dey-r touched. "A soi..ief IN
he iiEss VIA engaged in washing his 60 hss
which vera boiling ie rbs camp kettle. when
esisli foil inso the kettle carrying ID, clothes
4ni all, 30 an nnkEa Va sdsrh iD the groaad
", rarsasas OF I. C u,; ever he discovered.
$ 'rerEi easas occurred whara aaeils went
INTO houses and fell upon be93 whsFa people
ssre Sleeping, aud rever injured amy oaa.-
O1s shell fell among a large crowd Of tsoops
I'D happened TO light asst upon ths spo.ia the
middle that was unoeeupisd. The s.ia htest
distraction woa!d change the courss Of = she'll
md ons wsn. !Ito g hon . and passei through
f,.ur fooma al Is many Different sngiss. 0As
dropped besTasn two horssufen and, tays.ing,
al isei both hoTsS5 aud riisrs aever.l feet Into
etls sir, without touching either man or beast
I, number Of a3eidtn,s occurred in the hos2i
,,!s, ans m,uy OF cur poor soldiers wers kiii
s.i by tie smells ,His wta regarded IS rs
insuisnl OF cruelty, bus was in perfect keep
int yg.tn the character of the enemy. Ogo
young n,ao, while working in the garden, saw
p ehail fall abolt six fse. iu froat of Lie,, and
isasi ing it wou!d barst, threw himseif upon
ssie prouui, .hs shet. III tbs Meanwhile Passing
uude IA ath exploded directly under him. aan.i-
ing iin sp,swiing into tho air ike a tiy toad,
sAd never iuirssG him ii, the least. A great
.nS u Incidents Of this kiad occurred, sarsa o
g4 siah viii probably never HIS: their sag iito
put.is prini Oae laty was cooking her din
ser wien "a slel went into taa pot, smashing
tas s.ove into eriiBteFs aui tssriug up the
housa, without injury to sty one in IT,
ine f0iiDwiug neTsaas we're kii;et Mr
Cronrn-. Mr- Conner, fasss fIoiiey, Mrs Cisco,
Mr. slitieT. and a little daugl ter of Mr Jonee-
, nong the la3isa wounded vers Mrs Hazard,
Ma DE-. G. W Peters, N-a II. IL. Gem sEts,
.sl4 . A
ai.s Maggie Cook, and Mise Hassiay
Among ,ha cusiasities of ths siege ia the eol-
loving circular, which Commodore Potter 20.
up ana attempted 10 trausmN in hoa,hsheils
rhrse hundred copies of these wer- placed IN
!. sseli, with tbs hope tina: oa. OF this number
perhaps one mi ght ta saved aHd pisked M, bus
none ever ar lived go laiy IN town, and after the
surrender an efiiosr OF P1rtar's Let handed
cae til, copy and toli no tina story:
r, Our E.ie,ais IN Vicksjar3t
JUNE 2S5h, 1853 -Civs i'll, Boys, and sSya
YOUR lives vphioh arc oonsi iersa Of 10 yaas
" your ci.iyers +Vi,era IL no hops for relief
Tor yon Sherc,an wish Elk Y thousand men is
chasing .Joo johnston ;jfan. with ninety
thcusa:la msn snvironB sicsstuTg Iog can't
escapo in these boats, tiisr ga.na Is blocked on
you. Tho twelve th0uFsi ID nsa ua;sr IsCai
loci. OF whoul you asnsu! - help yon cat,
are rstrea.iag back TO Harrisburg, we'll whip
ped; even Col II, who hopes 20 escape IL dis
fast SIX J oarsd whals boat. ciu'i come it -
No. eng colder of yoa will ba ;sax3 OF, SO
eoauectsd with TIE siege OF ticksbHrg, while
sour ei!iaer5 will ell bs spobe en OF as noroe8
Your present foIai Of Government crush 81 ons
shs hopea OF epsry poor maa, Distinction il
kap. for ths afistocracy of tho S5u1ii. You
have batter friend, on this siio than or that
tue fsisnis OF EeestiaIa. LlsRRTY.
As the siaSa progressed .he distinguishing
faa,urs OF tis attack was changed from light
to hsary artillery. Tas eEassy had PLACED
s9hs and :ea-idcli colunbiads on the lines.
Snieh woro brought to bsae upon ctr works,
..ui their ,ar.saoosess also s-ns down tbs
bank OF the river opp ,siie and liisd aoroas, 80
tSias it became dangerous to ns near the river.
L. Was evitaaiiy their determination 90 destroy
aiis town, :s ineeadiasy ehsia weso now us5d
With moro frs4usncy. These shell. contained
:. sn,ail tin tnbs about two aapi a half cchaa in
length, anl OF the thickness cf 4 n,aa's iicgeF.
This cvas G!.ai with foMe kin OF bnraipg iinid,
and ths outside Tr3pt with several layers of
papsr. Upon tia bursting OF thu shell shs tabe
would drop to tue ground and burn with an in
tsuse haas for soms ten or fifteen mluutap, i.,-
niting ths grass or sny other sc: with which
il cana IL eontic. Red hot e!iot ere e;so
tire.. but they pa sed through houses IN sr III
nasao that they lad no tins to s3s any thing On
fire.
When ii had become known, On ts6 lasrn.
IL. o. the Il # ,sGiy, that tn r;xsa was gnr.
reaaarad, cns of ihose huniiia;isG and im.
provia.nt scene. which have already broHgns
dleeraca upon The Goni-deraoy took piacs, to
vii; she sacking Of the Z ,arter n sster stores
Strange as it msy seen, there wa5 q ii Sc sup
ply OF soldiers cl0t5icg stored away, and the
arsay vas to.G iliGs there was none on hand -
Ol5GD, dariag ths eiaGe. did oar ragged troops
Apply for clothes, ut s are Invariably told t1at
there was nona Oh haul; and get waei, the
II
worth wsrs founa and ihfowa ont OF doors 10
ba appropriated by every ybady, Whathee enii
;iea u tharn Or no. IL il sa3.i inisn ltsaDe
maut and iniDo2'si0g that disgu'ts a.id d:es .t's
Hea GA. troops, wao sss very plainly tl At there
n te,sn,auagsuaent among u.ose 10 whom, they
lnusg look for srspies.
When the X.snsess frat arrived in town,
they cane ia as btraggIsra, making no dam on
st.;&..oA IS ali Gxc.pE raising their nag on the
oupo.a Of the cont lIouso. Ia u fsg h0uIa the
a:ly was 5ied = i,h stIeu,, and they iInrnc date
iy searcne; AID saeaed svery qa,r.er Of sae
70 2ya. ESury a.ars waa broken open aad
sacked, f.nt nothing nf va',.s 10 than being
found, saey raas,iie=t,.i ii ,bsif vaud8iisM by de-
stF9yiag every thihg that osEis IL t..eir way
Alter t.as town had baea sacked, tns peopis
foboed and pilndered Of everything & neral
Gran. Issued m order psohititiag iaierfsreacs
with privats property; buttAis Il ID not prsven.
cavalry company fsosa eueamping In one OF
the abandonment gardens, " aero tho f.I,S and
vegetables were Just bsgiBuing 10 tnatars
q; G os their FIRST acts WAS ~ rc5 sae ratao-
iie Gharch hss saki0g in and eaTrgiag of tina
Eui.s,z snd eha;ice. Instead os regarding this
"a theft and vandalism, they seemed 10 exais
over It az q great achieve ssaeHs, aat Faradei
tLe atrseis in sacriiegioas br1-sao, carrying
the e;tefed enblee4s upon their E'8ads n n.oak-
cry oi tra holy oauseh. noticed . great 10 any
ifinhmea ia tha kefssai az Ily, ani pTssumin2
that thsy ara Catholics, IL il n, ys.ery to ms
how they can reconcile sneh e,ndnst wish their
fai h
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LORD CaarEEiL John Campbell,
whose speech Wa Published few days sinss.
is now ahoa: 50 years of aga iIs sas eancatad
a. a Scotch uaiversity, went to London in
1850 "a a law student aus; ccm neEeed practice
In 1896 lie is tha soa Of g Ssoteh Clergyman,
and Wills. s.adying for iis profession wfo.s
isxg rsposts and theatrical critieisui, for tho