The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-06
TIE WAR NEWS

yesterday morning, That Grant was with
drawing iTom the front Of Petersburg, was
net confirmed by accounts received Iast
h'ght 10y The Petersburg train Our infor
nation Is tlat, beyond the usual sbeII:po
holhlhR Oh Importance occurred Yesterday.
YASAtE DEFEEDATI6as IN KING Ann oIrr,,
AND KING WILLIAM
ictterttom lady in King and Queen
county 10 friend in this city gives addition
81 particulars Of the recent depredatious Of
the Yankees LII that section. With View 10
The preservation OF record OF their mode ct
conducting warfare, We make some extracts
The dith Sunday 10 May Grants army
coRhoien'"d passing through the county,
Crossing at Dunkirk. For five DAYS thev
We're within two miles OF us, near enough
to see the camp fires ami hear the drums
and music; but only four visited US, took
two mules end left Our neighhors did uct
iafe 30 well Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Fmntleroy.
Dr. f2untleroy, Dr.. Fleet and others were
robbed Of everything with the exception of
ie" negroes. Mr.. Wm. Boulware's elegant
residence they burned 10 the ground. From
Nr. John Fauntleroy in King William thew
took all his negroes but one child twelve
months old, all his cattle, horses, sheep,
corn, wheat, bacon and fowl; aud Nj.
bogH5 they treated worse, for, in addition
to the above they took his own, his wife'a
and children's clothing, and broke up every
thing ia the house. They had a negro re-
giment encampei n old Mrs. tauntieroY Is
yard. Mrs. Sterling had to cook for some
ot the Yankees Tor two days, and they were
very insulting. They took forty five ne
groes from Mrs. Smith, and twenty five
from Tom tAantleroy Grants
army moved on to the ChickahomIuv. and
we were left in fancied security for nearly
two weeks, bat last Thursday we heard that
Sheridan WAS nj Newtown, making his wav
TO the White House; and on Friday eveuing
not lees than eight hundred OF his gang
were here. They broke In and took every
piece OF meat but ten, ana four of those |
begged thom for after they took them on
their horses; took every horse and mule on
the place, seven il number; searched every
room IL the house live or six times; took
every ounce ofbutter, two barrels Of q our, Gil
OF our m0lasSe8 and honey, aud broke open
tho Oee,L hives; stole great many fowIe, and
actually took hcu ell the nest that ehe had
been setting tWO we4!<5, and sucked the
eggs Yesterday evening We saw the scenes
oi tIiday again enacted. OVur o thousand
were heIe, rams acking every hole aud corner
They took nearly al of our corn, but found
little - eat. Odt Oi the two thousand | did
act see more than two gentlemen. The OH
ca;S were no better than tlr priyates, and
some were ycry jmpujeDt spoke my
mind very freely TO every one, feeling no
fear, but gave them word for word. one
said 10 mc-"O0u't you wish every d-u
Yankee WAS in help | told him ayes
provided they could not get TO . worse
place; but ny opinion was that hell was too
good iUf them" lie said "God had NOTHING
To do with them, that they had neither
souls Lor he4rts.n
Another letter gives a further detail OF
outIageF, aud the writer says she "Git not
think it possible for me TO hate any one IS
much 40 do the Yankees" Thai is the
impression these Al MON savers" are teay-
iDG upon the minds OF cur people cyeiy-
who're
ANOTHER rETI0IT CT CAPT 1.'NEIIL.
a friend in Herrisonburg, Rockingham
county writes that few days ago that sterl,
in@ Confederate officer, Capt John h Me
Neil, attacked more than hundred Yankees
with some eighty Of his rangers at Spring
ield, HamFshire county. Capt McNeul
killed and moltally wounded five Of The enc
my, captured iIty-5eVen, aud one hundred
and four very fue horses. His loss WAS
only two horses kilIed-men ali uuhurt.
The prisoners and horses have reached uar-
The writer adds:
ltseens almost unnecessary TO repeat what has
SD often been said with pr0pIitty aud ius.ce thai
Capt hcHct does n efficient service as any other
GhCcI III tbn ~oIuICfn coUlH.dnd With his com
pany of p1EtisaD rangers oi nOL than rU or 90
men within the past year he has captured some
GGo OF 60) tpesh4ps ,00G) Pri-ouess, Killed aud
i abiad more Yankees than his entire command
and m arms and ammunilion, at0res, aud horses,
mis- captures have been reg Large. He has also
immensely In property aud stores of Tire
enemy. Many prisons Ia this section of country
and uton te result VI ihcir OWn KNOWLEDGE aud
observation, cntcttain the opinion that the hi
cirucy al Ih!5 valuabIefurcs would h- greatly
added 10 by increasing 1t 10 a battalion OF ve hun
dTeJ men n least, and thFprOmOiion Of the gallant
IL must be borne 'nniGd tnat ttis last affair of
the Captain Is only one OF MANY equally daring
aud successful In character, performed through 4
series oi many months Singular to add the Gap
tain has very rarely lost aIdn Killed, wounded
0T captured.
FROM GEORGIA,
A dispatch from Marietta says that unu.
sual quiet prevailed along the lires on The
18th, fbe enemy being permitted 10 bury
their fast purifying dead.
AS the facts OF Gen. Hardee's great victory
are brought to light. they prove that it was
at first much moderated.
al1gfny admit a loea 1F