Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-04

Sunday falling on the eve Of a Fourth Of Jaly. Some
of our wounded were brought over. AL continues
comparatively net along Que Lies, Our telegsphic
colamn will CO.. all received after the hour at which
we vrite-s O'Clock. There nothing in the way Of
news At the War Department. The following despatch
from Gen. Lee was given Ous on Sturdy:
HD0s. Army NORTHERN VIRGINIA,
July lst 1854 !
Hon. Secretary Of War:
General BeAuregArd reports a feeble demonstration
made BY the enemy portion ofGen- JOnnsOO's lines
about P NJ, yesterday His Ikifmishers, supported
By two lines Of troops drove in line Of skrmisheFs
uhich was rs-ss,abushsd at DARK.
In the various eOnAe With the er emys cavalry IN
their late expedition against the railroads. besides their
killed and wounded left the aeld one thousand Pr-
sOOers thirteen pCos of artillery, thirty wagons and
Anbulanoes, many small arms horses, ordinances stores
and several hundred negroes taken from the plantations
on their route. we're captured. R. E LIZ,
General
sHEeGnANs RAiDESs IN ESG AND oUEKN AGD KISe
WmLIAN-raEIR VILE oUFRAGE.
A gentleman OF known reliability, furnishes Us with
the facts contained in the following article and requests
that the attention Of the Army of Norhern Virginia be
directed to them. he states; The upper part OF King
and Queen county has been visited four times BY the
Yankees in the last month. Il is necessary that you
should know tie eon6ue pursued the enemy towards
the csz,ns The 6st visit Of short duration,
Of General SleFidan's men eaeSmPed In King William
near Dunkr and crossed q river that ught Aad
morning on various mArauding expeditions. Ga Tues
day which the day after their arrival they proceeded
70 Travellers Rest the residence Of Wn. BoulHaEe,
Eiq- and after Ilagng his houses in their usuI way,
and destroying uuch that they could not carry way
they robbed The negroes on the estate, and finally
capped TIE climax Of their Vainy By violating two OF
his EOmen By main force regardless Of the presence
OF their mothers and many other servants and even
within hearing Of many Of their comrades, they pro
Ceeded, earned eap-a pie. threatening death to Their
victims if they resisted TO execute their dlAbocll 10
tentons. The cries OF the poor creatures seemed 10
have no influence with the rest Of the bandits who
we're busiy engaged in plunderng and destroying. The
p,opistor vas absent. Similar scenes OF piAgs we're
enacted at other places within reach Of their tncAmp
uenk Fortunately As il vas then thought they we're
suddenly recalled and proceeded on their journey,
through the county OF King William. This was on
Tuesday and Fiisy, Gen. Grants great Wagon-rain
commenced passing from Bowling cen, in Port Royal,
70 the White House. For four long days and three
nights they passed without intermissiOn. reign Of
terror prevailed fer the whole country along the roads
they passed, averaging from Eve to six miles each
side, IVES sacked by these WrstcheS They seemed
comfortable BY any discipline and regardless Of anlGWs,
divine and human. I1deed they said repeatedly that
they We,e ordered by their officers 10 take what they
wanted and destroy the rest In very many cases. they
took every moFsel Of provisions from large families
and when as,ounded and agonEsd mothers would i'm
pore that some pitaDee might be ls for their children
they mccked at their cries aud gave attention to their
remonauances. AL locks we're broken and everything
searese6 ever and over again to fad something they
wanted and if not successful 10 destroy what they did
6ld. Ladies WArdFObes, wall gentlemen's, were
enpled Of their contents in the tUinkng Of eye,
for the plundsFers seemed the loeu5s Of
Egypt II enc party Left anything, succeeding party
uualy gathered up all that remained. AZ my house,
the FIRST party ind more aour than they could con
venenly dispose t and they called up the negroes and
shared il out among them but is vas very short time
before IL vas stolen from them BY the succeeding thieves
Tney we're not content break locks bus they carried
of the keys Ga many large estates Is is mpOssbls at
this time lock single door. Carriages and buggiss
we're broken up and carried CH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
horses aud cattle taken away.
The negroes we're made drulk and taken q 10 great
numbers. Poor creatures they bad none 10 protect
them, for Ler masters compelled TO Ay for their
own safety First robbed the females often violated
tAen made drunk, tlsy we're taken hOm their homes
uodsr the seduction Of liquor aud klisbOOd; and once
in the train, there va, return. Young children
were lef. By tbs way sid3 and old women we're found
half covered With earth ia the dehes along she road
\ May thousand must have been carried of in tbs
gon train Ons OF my neighbOrs Lost shirty-siG aud
.uotbsr thrtytwo, another fOrtysi Many families
we're wealthy Ia The morning, aud at night poor with
out food and withou. clothing. except what they had
on their persona
Oae LADY, in the upper part Of King and Queen, was
literally frightened to death BY these fsroeious bandits
Ms. Lee Roy BoulEArs Of Tudor Hall She was not
very old wonaa has been represented; not is se-
lieved, more than Fly. Her house literally strip
p.d Of everything and her children were forced to
abandon it. 1 mistaki, there was one thing lef',
Piano. ClOshing food, furni.urs-Al destroyed. Poor
and rich white and black, all shared in the oahmty-
: there was respect Of persons.
A, TraY,Ler's Rs they eat, drank, smoked and
/ cbewed a. 10 expense Of the proprietor for some
DAYS. They carried CT everything portable, and hsn
buried tie beautiful house, Which was ornament to
that section Of eoanlry It IS believed that some Of
sberdan's men we're TIE iroendiares. Ons Of them is
knowa 10 have bOAstsd tbal no assisted in firing IT,
Such men have claims TO be treated as soldiers they
are mere bandist, and should be hung as SOOa as
caught
The women Of tie eOyntry were in most PiAbls
state They we're obliged alone, to face tbs storm fer
husbands and fathers and brothers were forced 70 hide
themselves Ike criminals IN the depth Of the Forest
Their presence would only have aggraVaed the teFr0r
oEtbs scene. Mowof them, nervous and tmid Aithsy
.,o exhbited 6rmaess and stsrnnsss which aNed the
,.iDs into something Ike Tespscs for them Whs esy
could not protect she property. Bat in some instances
.neb was he hardened tsOntery Of these GodorSAken
v..hes that HEY paid no respee. to The most veneer