The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-16

Faar. Of the "a Wiscousin, ~ h1laed. Caps
Todd, Quantrells Adtntaae, Nne g fonAa
campo and aeked for an 1xckenga of prison
ers. He sain q number g rebels wer,
wounded, among them Col. 1helky. Qaan
trell's force came from COWsetn Ffairic, Nc
a letter from Fort Scott. dated the 9Th
says rebel force burned Casthage, No.
that mornisg. Gen. SehO1ela !eaesraPhe,
to Leayenworth that from en- thou1and Il
eight thousand rebels, under QuAntfe1l, Col
fee, Gordon and Hunter, waee marching os
Fort Scott, and that he haad ordered C0lone
Weir to move alI the forcc he could to Fer
Scott.
Pacific railroad, arrived at California from
sedalia this evening, and reports that th
rebels burned the bridge near Ooeryille, th
son city, aud tore up sbout mile Of TIL
track.
The depots at Upton, Syracuse, obervine
and all water tanks at and between th0s,
points, were oil burned
Dispatches from JeGcrson city cay tha
Shelby burned the town Of Cole Camp, Fen
ton county, and Florence, Morgan county
on his way from Warsaw to the Pacific rail-
road.
Gen. Brown is in the. rebel rear, and Gen.
Totten is in Califofnia tonight.
THE END OF THE SABINE PASS AFFAIR
GREAT LOSS OF STORES, ETC.
A correspondent of the Philadelphis
Inquirer, who was with the Sabine Pass
expedition. Fraukla,a eJps,) gives ~
account Of its severe losses by storm on
its way back to New Orleans. The af
fair seems to have been disaster from
Begin. ing to end. He says:
| A violent gale arose at some distance ont
Of sight of Land, off Southwest Pass. To
weather the storm great loss of valuable
property-ammunitiOn, guns, stores, mules
horses, &c-had to be submitted to. Some
Of the boats, too, were in very shaky con
dition, particularly the Suffolk and Laurel
Hill, and l may say the Continental, on the
former Of which was Gen. Franklin.
From the Suffolk they threw overheard
Franklin's staff, his own included. From
the Laurel Hill they cast into the angry sea
three hundred head Of mules, many army
| wagons, and twO.thirds of the ammunition
| This boat was crowded with black trOOps.-
Thesteamers Continental, Lands, andiothers
had to dispense with share Of their valua
BILE freight to ride the swaves The Cont
mental, too, had run into the Suffolk, dam
aging herself and nearly sinking the other
In fact, but for the double hull or double
sides-l do not know correctly which-that
the Suffolk had, she would have gone to the
bottom.
The Indiana and New York batteries were
thrown overheard The Indiana battery in
cluded four 32poundcrs. Perhaps sixteen tG
twenty sounded the depths Of the sea.
| l am informed, also, that the Captain o.
| n;f fhor ha No oh Oh,
lot dead. who had asserted that there would
be found ten feet of water in the Pass.
| DRAFT RIOT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A mob at Jackson, in New Hampshire, or
| Thursday night, burned the hotel where thu
Deputy Provost Marshal was stopping while
! serving notices on drafted men. He has
| Just passed through this place ess route fol
Portsmouth, to obtain necessary assist ince
COMMERCIAL.
| Gold sold readily in New York on Saturday
| at 14S1la149, against IA for the correspond
| ing day of last week. This is rapid rise.
HORRIBLE MURDER.-Mr. Sands Smith,
! an old citizen of Matthews county, Va,
was murdered in a most horrible manner
by the Yankees on Wednesday of last
week. 1t appears that Col Spears's 18th
Pennsylvania regiment, with some artil-
lery. and a negro regiment from Ports
mouth, had been sent to Matthews coun-
| ty to catch Bealps men, who recently de-
stroyed several vessels off the shore
A letter to the Whig says:
During their last raid they had dragged
him from his own house, destroying at the
| same time portion of his property, and
carrying Oft his negroes aud horses. On this
occasion he had armed himself with double
barrelled shot gun, and on the approach of
| the Yankees fired on them, killing one in
| stantIy. He levelled his gun at the other,
but the second barrel missed fire. They then
rushed upon him, and seizing him, oycl pow
cred him by mann force, and took him pris
Oner. They tied q rope to his feet and drag
ged him to his own yard. His daughters,
who have now neither father nor mother,
with prayers and tears, aud upon their
knees, implored the officer to be allowed to
see him and bid him farewell They were
refused, and their lives threatened if they
dared to approach him. He was then tied
behind buggy and carried four miles be-
yond Matthews Court House, ON their return
to Gloucester Point.
While on the march Mr.. Smithw1s so bru
tally treated by the private soldiers that he
asked to see Col. Spears. When that officer
came up, instead Of reproving the soldiers
he seized a stick and beat the prisoner over
the head. He begged for glass OF water,
which was refused him, with the remark
that he would not want for water long
They then, by order Of the Colonel,
tied his hands behind his back, placed
him ON horseback, tied q rope around
his neck and threw the end of it over
the limb Of persimmon tree. The
horse was then driven from under him The
fall was not sufficient, and he fell to the
ground. He begged for mercy, but none
was shown him, and Col. Spears ordered his
men to fire into him, which they did, aud lie
died, pierced with five balls. They then
buried him near the tree, leaving his feet
sticking out Of the ground, and placed at his
head the following inscription:
"Warning to d-n bush xhackers. Every
d-n man we catch with arms in the woods,
we will hang SO high that the birds will build
nests in them. SO take warning, such will
be your fate, you damn towards. Here lies
the body OF an old bushWhackcr."
The next morning, after tho departure OF
| the Federals, Mr.. Smiths body was carried
to his almost distracted and now orphan
family Mr.. Thomas Smith, the brother OF
| the murdered man, and owner Of the adjoin
| ing farm, was also dragged from his house a
prisoner aud carried of. He was made to
stand by without q word and witness the
murder Of his brother, and the rope with
| which he was hung was fastened around the
neck OF the horse which the brother was
compelled to ride.
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