Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-22
THE NEWS.
ysov TIE SOUTH SIDE.

write, here no Petersburg paper, 10 Lyncnourg
paper 20 telegram from either point, and nothing at
the War Department irem General Lee or the Com
mandBg General in pursuit Of Hunter. Where to get
news Is puzzI1g. We can 6nd neither Yankee prison
os wounded Co1fedefstss, reliable passengers
eitel refugees L Will nevertheless, no. DO to pubish
t4e zen commandments By way Of substitute, because
they contain an injunction agaas, lying aad stealing
To 90 both is natural With the Yankees Uhls We
take it for granted that own brave boys are adj
deted 10 neither vice. As se neither reform The
former nor make the latter bsor by the publication OF
the decaosuo. We viii defer it for the present. What
W vii publish, however, depends very much upon the
trains to arrive hereafter.
rHE LATEST.
Weme. 8 courier with dispatches last nigh. at ten
O'ellck Hs Left Petersburg at u o'clock yesterday,
AID reports al rs quiet ia the Oookade City, with the
exception o. an occasional she'll a factory Sunday.
Very te 5krm shing, and SO yet no geaerAl engage
meat as has besn expected. We have row the calm
tha. pTseedei the storm.
r. l-c,ET-D OAyALAY FIGHT Oh NoaD-r
We Learn that the firing heard on Moldly, in the di
reetOn Of the White Ho, Sc was not al Anticipated,
fight between Sheridan and Hampton. i. seems that
Sheridan paEsung his ght on the North side of the
MatlapO7y, towards West Point, became frightened
and rer csd his Steps and afterwards crossed portion
Of his force al Wakes,On into King William county
Thess burned the Court House, AID aiterSasds en-
eounseriDg cur cavalry near the White House, who
have leaned, At LAST, TO whip the mounted Yankees
wherever hey meet them.
Another ACCOUNT states tina. the firing heard oc-
casiOned BY al engagement between cur cavalry and
artillery and two brgades Of Yankee infantry and some
cavalry left by Grant guard COmmisaIy stores at the
White House. Being defeated TIE Yankees took refuge
under the cover Of their gunboas noW lying there
WOGll thai cur gallant Hampton could dispose Of
Sheridan and his entire force and thus rid Us Of
nuisance
NORs OF THE YANKEES WHILE II CAROLINE
We met gentlsma1Iyestarday just from Caroline who
gave US a seken;ng account Of the vandalism which
marked the passage of Grants army through that
~. We often talk Of retaliation, but low will We re-
tsiAle in cases such be related? How many white
hvsIed and black hearted Yankees or negro soldiers
would it take as saer6esl Offering for insult offer
ed By buck negroes to even the very humbless Vir-
gnisn lady. We have neither the patience nor the
inclination 10 write about damnable outrage upon
the recoga.zsd ussges o. civilized war.
Our informant states That the negro troops belonging
to Burnside corps, burned the Belmont House situated
on the Fredericksburg and Richmond railroad, about
hslfDla from Bowling Green. 1t was the property Of
Mr. Campbell, a vel known citizen Of Caroline, aud
was occupied BY Mr.. Frerch Campbell and Mr.. Toombs,
a refugee from Fredericksburg Their wis we're
driven on. q. night, We are informed, with scarce
change OF olOhes just before The torch applied to
the house By the black demons They also burned Mr..
Oampbeils mill and committed other Expectations up
hs property At Bowling Green they fred Ennsa' sta
bles and all the work shops that they thought would
prove Useful either to the Confederate Government
private individuals.
Our informant had learned before leaving Bowling
Green, on Monday, thai Hunters mill, in the upper
part Of Essex, bad also been burned
To Use his langHags-"they did everybody as badly
as hey could"
rse po-.,,n Of Clgol.lc through which they passed
H. according to his acsoult, a psrieC! waste. May
heaven grant them Their reward on the Southsids for
the vlIany psrpsFated in their advance from Feeder
ieksburg.
DOCTOR LEsTER LLOYD, OF yIESNA, FAIRFAX COUNTY,
This individual, captured Che other day by General
Hampton has i. stated, arrived 10 Redmond. Az it
msy turn Oui that hs viii b. for some time an inmate Of
one Of the Confederate hoe on Cary street. it may not
be Anss to inform he public Of the claims he has upon
Confederate Hospitality.
This Lloyd conmsneed biz career 10 life a. clock ped
Ter, nsIi he became eOmpounder OF hone Jathic
sdcoes in Gsand street NsE York-m ,rried but de-
serted bis rife and emigraied to Alexandria Virginia.
Here be f3loEel tafB ,ki0g IA second hand watches
All other thngs; AM, notwithstanding, having wife
still living in the North, married a second time. TAe
sscond sile soon died Of broken heart This did not
dconosrt the Yankee sdyen.arsr The least however,
as he soon after married another reputable LADY, and
has Tor several years past been living at Falls Church
and Vi5ana, lOnstm keeping small store and then
| practising a. e home )2thic doctor.
When ths war broke ous no became active carrier
Of news 70 he Yankee officers. "A wooden nutmeg son
OF thunder Gen Tyler discovered bis merits, aud with
proper appreciation Of them, engaged Lloyd as pilo!
70 The negro stealing parties which we're sent out from
FaIl, Oauroh. number Of slaves we're stolen, and
among them ono from LOyd's father ia-laW. SIEGE
Fairfax has been in the possession Of the enemy Lloyd
has been very aous in promoting the Yankee cause BY
giving information and directing thieviDg sTeursOns-
He was no doubt ambitious to widen the sphere Of his
usefulness snd probably through purs patriotism be-
came conductor SheFidan's perilOus expedition thus
turning to advantage tho kuoEledge Of the country
who'll had gained while selling clocks.
TRoM EHKDERIcKBURs.
Yesterday evening We met a citizen Of Frederieks-
burg. Who lo tho sunday, the 18Th. He gives
the sams account substantially, that We have already
published a. to as dOilgs Of the Yankees and the des-
sutton Of the people, Few negroes remained-one
faithful BOY was informed thas in New York no could
ges three shilngs day, he wanted TO knOE how much
that we, the Yankee informed him that it was just
thirsy-ssven and half cents. He gave shrug OF the
shoulders aud replied u make more than that BY
setting on the corner and Whislng all day. he didnt
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OF the citizens arrested the maj ory we're taken IN
custody b. nsgro guards; some OF whom were noio-
Il --f.-,.,,rr Ia informs