Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-13

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three or::!ahs, Eans werc T6anaecj enc
died ii the woods tnd eHamps, ma
king the number Of killed AMOUNT to
over City. Of negroeo, large number
we're scared back to their abandoned pianta-
ticns one hundred and eighty were recap"
tu1ei, and one hundred and thirty serVlceable
horses sc:zad. j A. Rutland, dessrter' who
had tecn q rne.aber of the State Convention
of Florida, acted as guide and adviser to the ne
YaMhcss. IIs would not surrender until
Dickinson put five balls through him. olher
deserters Wero more chicken hearted and
SURRENDERED ut discretion. The Yankees them
selves seemed T. hare contempt lot them;
and pointed them ont. thinking they had LED
them iht1 Il trap. The bulk OF them, teariI
tho i.ESquci.oes, had fallen back prsViou' ~
to tho engagement. Fl3rida stlrds very
conv"nicI't ocveT for thcse creatures, and large
numbara from that an1 other States nre skulk-
ing in tho hem MO ks ard On the keys they
hc:ln ID phrR snnsg of returning reason,
however. stimulated, 10 doubt, by Ill treas-
lael: r!coiyti irriI tkcir Ysnkee employers
de9u,i.;i)u !son, Bay Port was sent to m"J
MunnerlTn, commanding at -, just as
Mr.. Smisbss was leaving Florida, with propo,
siticna n c1ia5 over and join our army ano
fight III any par: If the Oonfederacy to which
they might be ordered. They also engage To
bring with them all transports and gunDoats
ard too nsgraes- 200 in number-that are On
and around Cedar Keys
In his uIlress 10 his soldiers Capt D.ck:Son
states tina. the purposes of the enemy were eVi'
IDENTIFY invasion and permanent occupstlon, BE
evi ienc.d by the papers Of the Colonel IN COM
msnd, which ware captured. Captain DICKSON
his richly earned his promotion, and IS Colone
CT cavalry. with good command. would exert
marked ard telling irhaence on thu fortues OF
Tho LAND OF aJwera Heis snid TO be marvel
lousy like GsD. JEFF Thompson in person and 10
mental characteristics. He combines cunning
courage. humor and patrioti,m, and: ~ithai 1t is
said. ID native of South Carolina. lie has neTet
lJst but two men in bsu.e-one OF whom WIS ms
soil, whom the ladies of Gainesville buried with
such tender care and touching pieiy while III
isthsr was absent, AID could 10. lsave the hid
IN tbs uncertainty which attends our reports
from more important fiald, and in The state OF
apprehension which exists ct grave disasters
there, we have found soma relief in turning 70
this brilliant little episode i'll Florida. II has
too its lessons Of encouragement to patriots
ing 70 traitors. 1t is cheering 10 contemplate such
signal success NON sgsirst such fearful odds: Il
reads like All exploit of Msrion or Sumter, of ouI
revolutionary eis,ard illustrates sgsin tic virtues
CT consuumate patience. hardy endurance, stern
selcrt.iance. dsuntless courage and uncSlculatlnR
patriotism, which made them and their handful
Of MN geent ard successful, and honored as the
p1o:ec' ors ari lsliverers of people oppressed
Ly similar dangers unI surrounded by similar
difficulties to those which threaten us
THE DRAFT IS vICKSBrRG ASD NATCHEz.
The Meridian, (Mssissippi) Clarion" says:
The enforcement of the draft in YicksbuIG
anil Nstchez will be apt to startle the belrg:
whose souls soar not Above the question OF i'm
mediste safety, and perhaps cause many Of them
to oiu the cause to which the have 30 long been
false We think TINT when fight they must, we
viii ii ii them on the side of tfu.h and Justice
and where there il certainty of a broad system
Of government that will always give the freeman
pro,,c ion The rOSourcas OF war at the NORTH
seem TO be- fast drying mp food for slaughter i:
passing out CT sight when New England recruit,
irg officers sre compelled to come to Mississippi
f,r recruits for Massachusetts, aud other Puritan
Safes This certainly sugars much in oul
favor