The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-26

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GEN Eossssrs CAPrusx OF rApucAH.
Correspondent Of the Mobile .ed,estisey writes
hom Forests expedition an account Of the fsh,
at Paducah, which Is the first Southern accoun,
which has been published. He says
portion Of the force concentrated at Tean,o
,...st .""o' W. command Of Col Faikner (Kcn-
t9ckaml 20 U1ion City. and after bsisk 6sht of
short Duration, In which 1t Col l.andrum was Sc
veTey wounded and one man ki,ied. the Mace s,,r
rendered win a some 6vs hundred and Gfty prison
ers tories, under Hawkins and Hsrdy Their
horse', equipments and supplies were taken.
The other column, composed Of Bells Brigade
aud Ihomps0n's with tho exception Of FaikSer,s
regiment, under Ten buford. pushed on with Gen
Forrest rapidly 10 Paducah, which place was reach
cd about ID o'clock on the morning Of the 9th -
The Federal force was two thousand Infantry one
negro r gfmeut and two gunbOats Of large size car
Iying heavy siege pieces and rfied six pOuhders-
Two siege pieces were mounted at the fort and
battery OF light aI tery inside. The attack began
al once, not, however, With the object Of captur-
ing or routing the enemy here; for II was well
known that he would take shelter benin his for
tincations, which strong and made
Imp egnabe by abattis, bitches aud spikes but
Tor the purpose OF getting possession OF the
to*n. and capturing or destroying the immense
quantitias OF cOmm sary, quartermastcr, ordnance,
and medical supplies. rhc enemy was immedi-
atciy driven Into and beyond the town. behind his
ortiacaions, where ha was kept until night, while
two thousand hats, pairs Of boots, pants, coats,
&C., and considerable quantity Of medicines,
were taken away. thus supplying fully the wants
Of our soldiers and the balance burn..d. hlt il ia
Inc general Impression that more might have been
taken away had quartermasters and cOmmtssaries
done their full duty. The amount of stores Of all
kinds was immense, and cannot be correctly esti-
mated. The enemy's encampmcnt, which he hal
hastily abandoned, was also destroyed.
Our iOrccs retiring at nghtfall the enemy imme-
dlateiy set fire to two blocks Of buildings behind
which our men had been fighting, fearing that the
attack would be renewed in the morning Nei rly
the whole town was thus burned to ashes, and
great damage done TO the balance bY Smelling All
the Union men left their houses and went into the
tirt, while their women and children took shelter
under the bank Of the river Southern men and
their families remained In town, and many Of them
were seriously Injured. Two women were killed
by she'll, another with her child In her arms by
solid shot
Our soldiers fought heroically, and with reckless
desperation. Col Thompson, with his Kentucky
brigade, and Col Bartean, commanding the % Ten
nessce cavalry, pressed forward TO within thirty
yards Of the fort, and held this position for more
than four hours and 4 half. Bat the loss incurred
Ia this dangerous and critical position did not f
pay the advantages gained. Col Thompson was
killed, and Lieut. Col CtOssland, OF his command
badly wounded. Lieut. Col Norton, Capt Nc K night
and Capt Reeves, of Barteau's command, were
severely and dangerously wounded. Others were
killed and wounded, though 1t is not thought our
entire loss will exceed sixty. The enemy acknowI-
edges loss OF fifty four killed In the tort aud over
a hundred wounded. None were shot lower than
the neck or shoulders. All the gunners were
picked of AT one gun on The font. Gen Forres,,s
escort encountered one Of the gunbOats and killed
a number Of the gunners, aud kept II nj bay for
nearly half an hoar. Eighty one prisoners were
captured. Only three of our men. who were too
badly wounded TO he taken away fell iat0 The hands
of the enemy.
The tustlwhackers have fred upon and killed 4
few of our men They are characters who belong
10 neither army nd arc generally desertcrs from
both Plundcr Is their object, and night is their
time for their deeds. They rob citizsns we'll As
soldiers, and arc especially terror to The inocn
sive and dcfenceles5.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN AND NEAR SUFFOLK
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express writes
from suffolk an account of the ravases OF the en-
cmy on their last trip to iha, place:
Early on the morning OF the 18th force of ne
gro cavalry camc into town from their camp, about
three miles below. The few white soldiers ac-
comoanyinp them stopprd near Elisha No,heet' IS
Mace about three fOuTihs OF a mile from town,
and the negroes were turned loose upon the un
armed aud deienceess old men, women, and chill
Aren and nearly every house in town was entered,
robbed, and the Inmates insuIted AMI abused
They entered the residence Of Dr ) Browne,
and stole his daughters watch and broke up
aud destroyed all her fancy articles on the
centre table, threatening to shoot tie Doctor.--
They next forced an entrance Into the residence OF
DIR Robert Murray, an aged man and 4 cripple,
and stole his bed blankets. and the clothes OF his
wife and daughter, amounting In value 10 81 500 or
more, Tightening the ladies' with their threats. AT
Mrs Ann Btowne's, they stole gold watch, ear
rings, cuff pins, and bracelet from Mrs Pipkin -
Took DR. l. G Hollands pocket book, containing
about fifty dollars In State funds from him, and at
tempted to force him to take their hated oath of
allegiance, which he declined; broke into the
stores of Solomon Hodges, Joseph Hall and Jas
b NOrAeet, rObbiDg them Of everything they want
ed, amounting to thousands OF dollars In the ag
greyate; destroyed all the tools in N FanIk's sad
iery aud all the shOemakins tools In the shopI Ut
also the bac cksulith tools Of VIM Cherry. They
robbed the residence of Benjamin Herreil al old
man of nearly 81 years, Of everything he possess
ed that could be carried off; stole watch from
BonneWetl, and numerous other articles from A
Chamiei, Geo Smith and others. Scarcely
any one escaped.
AMI worse than this, two OF the most respecta.
BILE ladies in the town, ladies OF high social posi-
tiou and refiued feelings, being found with no
male defenders near, were grossly insuited with
propositions and attempted violence too indeicate
to aplear In print. These ladies were forced 10
defend themselves with knives ag inst great black
greasy buck negroes, whilst their friends were
away In the army. This heDdish proceeding has
prOduced sensation in Suffolk which has been
equalicd by nothing that has iranspired since the
war commenced.
A mile or two from town they arrested and car
ricd otf Mills Pruden, quiet, inoiiensive, good
man, charging him with shooting at them. Ihey
tried him and condemned him to DEATH Dut nc Was
plrdOned aud released through the influence u
some negroes belonging 10 neignDol wIo nap
pcned 10 be with them But they robbed hia OF AN All
his provisions and his horse, leaving large iaHy
to suffer.
This negro party said to have been led In
their dcDreda,ons by Tom Campbell, formerly a
slave to Judge H II Baker.
Tho negro cavalry have now been ordered IL
Yorktown, and pat Of the 5th Pennsylvania cav
airy are at Bernard's Mill 1h re are five cavalry
regiments near Portsmouth-il,h Penn, 9Th Penn
9th N Y, LIST N (, (Dodge's,) aud nh Y. Ger
smith, recently sent to Butter, takes command 0
this force and his headquarters at the farm O
Col 3 N Wilson.
FRox TIE TRANS MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.
The Mobile Tribune publishes some items Of new,
from the Trans Mississippi Department, Obtainet
from a gentleman just from New Orleans. Th'
battle al Fort De Russey, between Major Trogeau
OF our forces, and Brigadier General Smith, com.
manding a part OF Sherman's army, lasted fou
hours. The exact number Of killed, wounded, an,
missing IL not knOwn, but our informant says tha
seven steamboats, filled with wounded, compose
Of Connecticut, Massachusetts,, renegade LOuisi
snIans, aud negro regiments, were sent TO BaiO'
Rouge. Four steamboat loads Of Northwestern
men were sent 10 Cairo. General Smith, In hi
r.Dort. says that s'the Confederate loss Is YER
light >, but that sour (the Federai) loss IL YER
heavy, which Is always the case with the assault
M oa,ty." The numbeT Of our prisoners takel
WAS 3l2 prtya,es aud 26 officers, who were sent 1
| New Orleans.
An The white troops from New Orleans, Bato
Rouge. Nxtchez, aud Vic ksluIg, have been sent l.
Virruia slsO, all troops belonging to Grant arm
l now ON f0rlOugh were Ordered 10 report 70 10
| Army of ViTgiHie
| Hris Gen James NJ Tutiic, In command O
NacHex, has broken up all the negso schools there
White schools are again opened. Tho white teach
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