The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-21
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The e4pedltaOA returned laat evening, Ca
Losses will not euesed half dossn wounded
none we're killed, and no prisonen were =
ken. Gen. Fitzpatrick arrived 1t FORTRESS
Monroe this afternoon He IL perfectly sat
istied With the results gained, and that the
Inhabitants OF King aud Queen ccuntJ Lave
been most severely nunished for the murde.
OF Col. Dahlgreu. He lcaves to-uight TO,
Baltimore, thence to proceed to the army o,
the Potomac, where the remnant cr his cam
nand accompanying him On this last expeli
ton, now shipping on transports. w,llspesdi
~ re5oin him. .s =
Goa. Kiips.rick has son. back with mora
positive evidence that Col Dahisrea was moth
lag less than most wentoniy AMI inhumauIy
n,asdersd-a. least sust 10 the int.rrr.ta.ion
bs places upon 'ths mode Of his death Be.
rides otA.r evidence he obtainsd was le..sr
found at king aud oassn county Cours HOUSE
written by Hrs Lumpkins 70 her hushan.;
which letssr was sssls d. siamp placed Oh the
envelope snd awaiting y, be Forwarded TO it'd
f,sented destination This letter, the original
CT which has teon givea To Admiral Dab gre n
" dated at Weir's Mills, near the c ,urs House
IL says that, learning Of tiis approsei OF ons
Q: cur cavalry, ,hsir boys, a. sic calis them
l : in ambush and fred On them A. they cam
up, Killing hulong others, ths Yankee Coloasl
who ], 4 them. Tss Cc!oasl, "a Ia f.ll f.on,
his horse exclaimed, "OA, sn hart 30 bad, .
uooa whioa cue OF their msu said to hin
Dar'. Yen, Rssa haste, thsn, snd di-.p A
Mrs Arnold is lns.tioaed - a.te mptiag 10 take
ane hfe coess, npon which Col Daaisrea gave
hIssA kick, cauaing hin to assis... F;s soor
died kbwevsr, aud then was stripped of every
thing he had on EXCEPT MA dra ~sfs Il his
pockets wers $500 Ia, Ers enbacks. Altar rob
blng and stripping him q hole was deg at tls s
forks of the road. and he was there buried
fne next dag J9R DaTis SAINT fer his body, and
i waa Dug mp aad sent on 10 Richmond n
s'le letter aiios!oa is aso nl1So 10 tao artificial
leg and foot Of she dec aaed, lsayins no poss :.
DO doubt that COT Osh;sren, aad rs oaly, was
tue sn jset If reference
oa5 hun9fed guus were kcsi here thi. stser
nooh IL hcGor of tne passage of tl-e act oi
II. .ausipai,n by the S;sts Convention 40 Z
sitting i'll Alexandra Ths boo sniis OF t;lesc
euoS haa Significance beyond snsir rsvsrtsr
ssiug roar ard the em.li 6 au9pow6er Priv
legs of ifing tie:a was asked BY n,css of .hs
istd!ng ci.ixea n and slavehcldsrs Of ths to X 4
Gen. Wiic, Military Governor, granted the rs
qa5st, and v i'm The rear OF the cannon th@rl
ming;sd nssty And iab:!sD: peal tom ,he
church beiis.
Gsn Shssnssm's Official Z>psrt-Wlas III
AecompissAeG.
Major General W. T. Sherman, In dis
patch dated Vicheburg, Miss, February 9th,
oy way Of Cairo, March 1otb, has addressed
the following to Lieutenant osHersl Grant,
care Of General Halleek
General: got II this morning from Can
ton, where left my army In splendid heart
and condition. We reached Jackson Tebru
ary 9th; crossed Pearl river, and passed
through Brandon to Morton, where the enc
f,r kat hat G.l IL,
the night Posted On over all obstacles, and
reached Meridian February 14th. General
Polk, having q railroad to assist aic; In his
retreat, escaped across the Tnmoigbee OF the
l7th> We stayed At Meridian week, and
made the most complete destruction Of rail-
ROADS ever bsheid. 6oa,h from Qui,man,
East Cuea Station, two miles north to Lau-
derdalc Springs, and went all the way back
to Jackson. | could hear nothing of the
be there by February 1e.h. I enclose by
mail with this a copy of his Instructions. I
then began to give back slowly, making a
circuit by the north to Canton, where lett
the army yesterday.
will leave it there Ave days, ic hopes the
cavalry will turn up from Memphis.
NJ j,T Gen Bu t.etslt WRITES f.,m Cairo,
on NJ area ll.t, to Li;ut Gsn Grant or Gen.
Ha:lsek. that he left Gen Sarrwaa :he :.y
y
VS. Gil slfa T;.a total i1ss ia killed auj
wounde ed was l70 Tne general reeuIs of his
-xpe eGilion, Including the Smith end Yaz 20
RIVER u! .vsmsuts, is about rs follows: $50
ni.es Of railroad, 67 bridges, eco t.esi,e, 20
locomotives, Is csr-, IL, ,Gu0 tales co..or, s9y-
eral stesn n'iis, au1 ovl r two million h1..:s!s
of cora were destroyed The railroad d..
strue.;on was complete an! thorough. Tas
oap;nrs Of priser-rs excseda eur iosA Up
j., q ho~ I
i'll with the various eoiunna.
After occupying Decatur. Gaaarai Dodge
pushsd west to ,ur,lanS, and themes 80
Mou!top, driving the easny sad aplu;isy
many risOasrs and much ammunition.
The New York Herald eon:ain as long ac-
count from lis correspondent With Sherman,
written solely with view to covsr ap ,ks
disastrous adventure. Tae following are two
extracts
When this portion of the expedition ar
rived here 1t was found that General Smith s
cavalry lad not yet made its appearance
Several days before information was received
from deserters aud prisoners that 10 had
been at Lauderdale Station, Is miles above.
Nothing further, however, has been received,
and it is doubtful whether that information
Was correct. A great deal depended
upon the cooperation OF Smiths column,
and if it had been successful In accomplish
ing what was laid out for it, tAe enemy's
stores, and possibly many of his troope,
would have fallen into our hands. Much
speculation Is sflcat as to tha cause OF mis-
BY some 1t II supposed
that he encountered stronger opposition
from Forests command than was looked
for. It hardly seems probable that he would
have deviat6d SO tar from his course as to at
tack Selma. The greatest curiosity prevails
among officers a. to his whereab cuts and tbs
fortune Of his movements.
It was at one time supposed that the ready
giving way OF the enemy upon oar advance
Was the eject Of Smiths presence In theic
rear It is now known that the enemy, pre-
suming our destination was Mobile, fell back
with q view to entieinS US into tha country,
as they explain their movement. They have
now learned, when too late, that Meridian
and the destruction Of the railroads eos-
treing here were the main objects to be At
tained. It il said that Gen Folk remarked
that II hs had known this he would have
given Us fight before reaching Meridian.
This Is one way OF covering up the demo-
rsiization of his army. II Smith had come
mp 1t is not improbable we would have veri-
Aed his expectations and marched for No
bile; and 1t is not boastful to add that Gen.
Sherman would have been fully able to con-
sumnats the still greater glory and success
OF his daring movement in the capture Of
the last important city Of the enemy 10 the
&outhWest.
In the entire expedition there we're about
eight hundred horses and mules captured
aud three hundred prisoners taken, among
whom were some held and line officers. The
agent Of the Alabama salt works, with about
ten thousand dollars Oh his person, was also
taken. A large number of wagons, deserted
by tho enemy, ware destroyed. The killed
and woanded Of the enemy will approximate .
two hundred. One piece Of artillery and o
number Of small arms Were taken. The
damage dcne therailroads aud buildings use
fui Tor army purposes II computed In doiiars