The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-28

little town arouad there are sqnsds which have
been picked no BY the militia; foP insaapee. n
,hs 9uuboXt passed Syracuse on Monday. eom
ing down, tisy were hailed By squ sd or nj
litia, who said they had ssvsnty eight prison
ers, and that In the next town shove there
we're eighty i've.
Another letter. dated Athens. Oaio, Jaly q
says
A line of courisrs has been kept up from
here to the column Of the enemy FOR sevsra
days, and yesterday ws reesTved dispatcl,es
from the battle iiald, forty MILES distsnt ia ore
hour aud forty minntsa. 5forgoa 5urnes fkt
fridge and mfHs al Chester, aei ,ob6ed N.
stores Of course In looking for spoils thes
Knocked ut the closed door OF worthy Ten
ton. who is a d,scipls of the great martyr
Rap, rap, went the heavy sabre hita against
the door thump, thump, went the heavy bro
gans. The old fox was playing gone away
from home bat the rebels sooh gusiied the
game and stirred the old man ost, when thsy
secesh or UUion 7" "Yaw, py tam, sure pc
Falisudiyham The ana wer to this was gen
eraI stamping, smssa;ng up everything that
would break or smash.
Leaving Chester, Morgan marched toward
Butfiagton Island, attempting crossing IN.
der cover of a heavy fog. Bit from the white
mass burst the red hames OF dsAth, bearing
conformation aud dismay iatp the ssuks Of the
astounded rebels. They stood Ire but few
miautss, when they wheeled sad retired by
the came road upon which they advanced -
They formed an anbuscats y the top OF the
hill, aud met Hobson's. forces. A: frat we
were lissis surprised, bit soon rallied and
charged Mem dorm III. AiH, capturing nearly
three Maasaat men and .fee2pieee. of ar
UHery. This happened about eigat O'Clock in
the morling. Tae gluo0a:J drove .acaa beck
about seven o'clock. There was no fiSht
worth the nsuis. Morgan appeared to be very
sparing of powder. There is 10 ammunition
found in the cartridge boxes Of the prisoners.
There is report that four hundred got, to the
other side Of the river, aud that they were
c4uzh! by some Kentucky cavalry. Oar
scouts who were on the fsld say that they
were coming in ia droves; that one Captain
aud pima men brought in one hundred and atty
mea They saw n little boy who brought q
rebel to on this wise. ''Ssa here, mister, are
you = 4cesh ~ "Yes" "What did you do
with ycus gun T. Threw it away, for fsa +
they would shoot me- "Coma along with
mo we wOn't shoot you" The ecous says
he marched him into taa lines. Tuey were 60
much worn and f.tigusd that they laid down
all over the grass in the orchard where they
after they were brought within the lines Of
our guares.
One Ol our scouts says no one is hurt on Our
side. / have BEEN up all h;ght, hsasing ne Wa
and writing, and juss at this writing Que com
phny Of the 18Th Onio cavalry has arrived
from Camp Chase. learn from number Of
ths 9TH Ohio that they have been twenty three
days in the saddle.
A young man, who gives his name rs --
Rice, son of D.. Rice, lats Of Chicago, has
baea with them through their whole journey
in Oaio They took him prisoner from a train CT
cars in Indiana. He say they have rested but
ons night in ihs last s,X; the El,n have slept a
few moments at a time while their horses " ere
70 .ding They piuudefed every store and took
The products Lf their thetts in bcggtea and ex-
press wagons He says, ard oar scouts VINO
were III at the death confirm The story, that
SOME Of them had their carpet SACKS full OF
2retDbacKs, j4we!ry, and watcher Oar sconts
gay they saw our bJya ordering .ham 10 shell
out the green5asks, which they did with evi-
isnt reluctance.
Tue Cinciunati Commercial! gives souse rea-
soas why the raid OF i.iorgan WAS 81 sacoess-
fol
We have never believ I'd that Morgan, after
having cro roseed the Ohio at Brandsnburg, would
.s itii any thing hka the force he brought into
iadaDa and Ohio but we must cay, showing
what preparations had been made to take hi IN
that we did not expset he won.a have succeed
81 ia travelling The distance ie ha8 wIthou.
beipg checked al some point by our fofcsg.
aolety on the militia to stop Morgan and impede
bis way until Notson could overtaae him, aud
Lhsrs was great difficulty in or8aniaing and
moving these raw iorcss. Morgan threats
TO destroy towns, burn viilsxes, aud piander
il he Was attacked and bush hack
ed by the people, deferred mauy from burning
bridges and telling lreea ia his way, and he
was thsreiCrs permitted u pass along aublo-
lested
Gen. iIobaon, following Immediately in the
wake Of Morgan, wac uaab!s to obtain iresh
horsee, for Morgan gathered thess up as he
" ont along aud left HIS jadsd ones bahind.
There are other reasons which Mi ght ID
given why Morgan haa passsi 90 lar through
Iaciana and OHIO without being captured,
which vve propose to refer to at au'thsr time;
but thus uuch wa will say now G,n. Bn'h'
si,ie has isbored day and night since Moig IN
crossed the Ohio, II destroy And capture his
force aud ali tha mean. at his COMA were
promptly a.,i energstiea!y made use OF.
The news this morning is iba. We have cap
turad one thousand prisoners. all his artillery
aud kiilsd one hunirsd and hfty OF his iasn