The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-03-10
AFFAIRS ON rHz PENINsULs-sBTZUkE OF
CONTRABAKD GOODS, &C,


correspondent, writing Oh ths 9Th instant frc n
askr WIliiami burg, Va, giyss u, some account OF
affalrs on the Peninsnla. We give sone extracts
from his letter
Owing 70 the utter Generalization of the Tenr
ylvAnia regiment Of ssvsiry pickating in sud out
.ts of the town, II Is evowej b. the "fiicars that
the nsa unfit for GutY at any other point
1h!s vegif IS what Ool rsmpbai said OF thetn or
The occasion OF the Confederate raid into the piacs
soen Col q surrep iefed to our forces under Col
Jsinsler. Coi O. said 81 surrender, sir. Ny men
are s.t Of d. cowsyds Tbs Yankees scknoyg-
ledse that ie COS. tho AboiiticGist Government
Of holding Williamsburg IL upwards of million Of
dlllafs yeEr. At pTezsnt the2 q n0t pi,ket more
than q mile from the tDwa ana thst Is on the main
Stage road. ! have frequently been - i!Lin sight
sad hearing Of their p.ckets at Walters Hil, and
other poirts around th- city, and at The crack Of
stick they would be 'r IN 8 III lInent kDd fre.
qlentiy have gsid " me bogs. let charge
item sni they would taae to iheic seels and 80
fer tho woods in tie grea.egt di may. Our forces
ia ,hst direction have succeeded driving them
bak 10 ths bug snd bslor It, 50 tba: now are
forsgrg below the six milo ordinary.
A short time sBo the wyeE o. the two EofileiIneF
trothers (Jewsi had succee dsd n passing s!i the
Ysnk &c pirkets ept the OF tie outppst under
the prets1 If going TO griSs mill Bach Of the
female. Lad avsson load OF contrabard goods. (des
lined or kIchmond,) covered over with bags OF
cora. The lat picket alluded to being somewhat
earious to know IL the entire loads COZ sEteG of
corn ,hsre1pon turned one OF tie bags ger, and
immediately ;Eere appeared to view boxes boots,
SIC Upon further exAn inetio1 II vas a ;ce,tained
ths; ths isdies Lad their persdns, uadsr their
toCp 81 irtg arranged in fantastic order, boots
ahoes bage Of coffee, sugar tea, etc Of the Ia
DIES having on as msny xs eight hoop skirta They
we're immediately taken bacs to the city ana re
pofted 10 tie Provost. On this occasion the Pro.
'oGw1 setting only pro h7s. The Provost III
charge Capt. Tennessee, who hsd been bri6ed
very iHaely by tie Jews, was abaeEt. Therefore
HEY were Kept under guard xEd made TO sit upon
lie WsgoLs for ha'f day In the cold to await al
lnoiesion. Fer Eport, the ladies' were mGde to
cisuoun. aad ren oant the wagons without assist
slee which cauaec the sugar, coffee, etc to brssk
ift iler proper moorngs, and each TIME sprinkle
sas ground profusely with shs sweet edibles etc -
Foe Ind besU sending through the lines aite IS 600
wsrtb OF goods u week for fellow exlcr,ioners In
Richmond. Eut the Yankees made . worthy ex.
ample Of iLem By coEfscaiiDg their goods in store
AID fcFTkrdinq their persoUs cn to Bsi,imGrs
As matter of aumiiie.ion tc It's pride Of the
eoiior of the Williamsburg (Va.) Gdzetts, Il. Il.
Lively Ei4, and r.a 'c.ion upoE the history OF
ilai psper tho cl lest in ths Uoaaa snweaith, Tor
Ia = than lsa yesrs the advocate OK civil liberty
ard lie right oi EelfRovenmebt Is now uEdr an
aslinea nsd-e-- Caoalier- and the Ian Of military
surveillance III de TO psEder to toe lusts of IN In
VAdrg horde under Yankee usurpstion. It is
proper 10 state that Ewing, who edits the Gazette,
Ass nc ea III TO the Cffce whstevsr. He did own
a portion 0: ths Cities Esfore the war, bat moved
h's Interest In Il to Norfolk. IL and 3. A.
Lively srs the patIl0Ii0 gentlemen TO whem tie Of
Lae r.sliy telcngs but uho have b6an driven hrom
nti bones and their properly handed eve. to this
M:n.