The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-21

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lANhEE aCCoUET CT TuE ATRoCIoUS
SLAUGHTER OF C0EfEDERAT. FAMILY
1T MISSISSIPPI
\ correspondent oi the Missouri UeHao.
ctut furnishes the following particulars
oi 4 brutal murder near Island No. 10,
in the Mississippi:
Yesterday, The 4tn, 4 white man, who held
no commission under any Government c5-
tabiiaiicd or assumed, tinaccountabIy Ill com
mand OF :. body Of negroes, some forty -ive
not one of whom WAS entitled or otherwise
in tie service Of the United States, at Island
No. 10, sent eleven Of these men to the
house OF It family named Deckman, living
near the line i'll Tennessee, consisting oi
eight males and females, With instruct IONS
to bring from thence two contraband boys,
pcaceably il possible, but should resistance
be offered, to Kill every member Of the iam-
II and to burn their house.
They proceeded there and literally fulfilled
Or.iers, with the exception OF. firing the
house, they sacked it, however, and IN this
condition it was found by party Of United
States cavalry that happened there by the
mercst accident, and soon after the massacre
took place Immediately upon ascertaining
the direction which the lugitives had taken,
the cavalry started in pursuit, oyertaklng
Iiale of the negroes ere they had crossed TO
the island. Another was subsequently cap
tured--by whom, or where, | was unable to
lcarn-b, tt understand that ten of the lie
groes, Dwycr, ant. a man called FeVfln, who
is suspected oi being implicated in some
way, are in confinement at Island No. 10,
and 10 doubt remains of all parties concern
ed.having speedy and sure justice done them
Gunbolts C;llHe up shortly aiteTWafd, aud
fred several broadsi1es with the hope Of
Causing the bodies oi some oi the victims
who were thrown into the>iiyeI to rise TO the
surface. AS far rs known, II succeeded only
! in one instance; one OF the victims, Mr..
| beclman, 30 years OF age, and iathef OF TIE
| children, came to the surface and was taken
t61he shore His lMhids and feet were tied to-
gether, Z deep cash in iiS bdek, apparently
| made by an axe and that portion OF his fore
| head immediately above his left eye torn
| away. The body of an old man, OF sixty or
| seventy years OF age, and that OF boy oi
six, were recovered previously; but those
| OF the three daughters, aged fron eight to
| fourteen, have not yet been found
I From the appearance of the eorpses, and
| the confessions of the negroes, they fought
most desperately, but were oyefpoWered.
| The mother was away from the house visiting,
! aud her son, a lad OF thitteen, Was also all,
sent, at school, at the time. These were the
| only ones oi the-iamiiy who escaped.
THE LATE RAID ON THE CAPE CHARLES
LIGHT HOUSE.
We recently published the fact that q
small party Of Confederates had accom-
piished the destruction of Cape Charles
| lighthouse. The Worcester tMd) Skield
says:
A bold and successful ioIay was made on
Monday moraing hast ON the light house and
Government. property on Smiths Island, just
outside oI the mouth of the Chesapeake
Bay A party Of nine men in a boat issued
ont from eoncealnlent on Mockhorn Island
and made for A2nftis Island, where they
| landed They gage themselves Out fisii
esinen; but, after 'aaakiafg many questions,
privately informed the ieelersof the light
| house, VIM Webb Stskess that they had
come 10 destroy his light ard to eirry of the
movable property in bis charge Setting
| hard to work, they removed four hundred
gallons of sperm oil to THEN boai, aud delit
erately. and with sopae skill in the use oi the
proprr tools, took down and similarly car
| rried of the various parts OF the lantern, re
Rector, lamps, SC.
I : They also possessed themselves OF a vafsla
bic clock, their spoiis altogether being vained
| at sl,OtU they kept Mr. Stakes aud iamils
aa well as the four other families, on The
ssiant, under pledge to give no information
till the third day after they had Lett. Part o
their pinnder they packed in q new boat be
| longing TO the Government, which they
toWed away TO scaward. They told Mr
Stakes they were from Richmond, and that
Ia similar RAID would be made on Hog island
Light, lew miles further up tine coast
They paid for a dinner. they compelled Mr.
note. The party WAS well. armed with re
yOlycr and b,Wic nitts md hitl n es.sf t,f ii