The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-25
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ar TIRE fANNhssS9
~ ~ the information we have, the
From now a considerable force 10 the
sasnay v.,,.v. u.,u around Charlestown and Mar
Lover ss .ns n is the impression Of parties
.ns0a.s, a.xe recently escaped from that section,
sho ns,. . .re making preparations for .
sh'i a,sD, .us. up the valley. In the portions
moeehs an,try occupied by them they are
Of 'ae ne the people with marked kindness. !.
'rsn"s ';ps their troops to cut and naul wood
slloNiAs ,,;.sn. of Chariestown and Martins
to'h ., AZ furnishing to many OF the farm
bars' Aua "a for their property. still some
e's "a. send. among them are perpetrating
o. ~ mo.t brutal acts Of vandalism. some
ihe m" .a.s ago. when the body Of Captain
three ~ of the Confederate service, who
Blaeh.v.s la.vas a, Newtown, was taken to Jefier-
was s. !, VAS delivered over to his friends,
s0n, o.. = came to charlestown for it. That night
"h0 , srm houses, In one or the other OF
Two .ssv believed his body to be lying,
Fnlsl ,nrnea @ to the ground. Both Of these
ss's .ss belonged to and were occupied oy
nous 'ass ladies and their families-one OF them
.s.,s,;u.law OF Blackford.
ssx DAYS ago, some Of our forces visited
..s,s.er and arrested Union man named
"in who had been acting as detective
p'o's' lincoln service. When arrested, he
II ~. ~, II. possession about g., 600 in "green-
aNl ~ ,b;cb he was entrusted to use as
900, service fund. He offered sl,ooo oi
' ~. "a, his release. The next day the Yam
-. Visited Winchester and arrested ana
I x;sa off "a hostages, Philip Williams and
R,bert Y. Conrad, Esq, the mostl tlnh"'h'la'
citizens of the place
.Ionc the Shenandoah river. in Jefferson
and Clarke counties, a regular oand OF roo
har. has beeu organized, composed OF de-
s.-,s,s from our army. This band employs
q. time and supports itself by plundering
t,rmers and others, and Their deeds OF cut
rogs cause them to be more dreaded than
,he Yankees. About two weeks ago party
os this hand met two ladies in rockaway,
IN tho turnpike near Berryyille in Clarke
county and robbed them of everything they
had stripping them of every article OF cloth
Ing upon their persons, even to their shoes
sca stockings, compelling them to walk
distance of three miles 10 their homes with
ont clothing, on bi Ter cold evening. They
slso stole the horse rom the rockaway. A
,bor, time after this occurrence, the leader
Of the band, a man named Longerbeam, was
c,ntured by our scouts, who attempted to
hiring him through the lines. On the way he
bscsme obstina e, and finally made an effort
.oescape, when he was fred upon by the
arty guarding him, and pierced with three
halls, He was taken to house near by,
where he died aboht two days after. Before
Mslsath, however, he made full confession
Of bis guilt, and gave the names OF about
twenty others composing the band. Among
these. are the names of several who have
heretofore been unsupported.
In all the election districts OF Jefferson
county. enrolling and recruiting offices have
been opened by tie Yankees, and the names
Of recroes who had fed, and their masters
VITO arein the Confederate service, are being
recorded. In Charlestown the enrolling Of
fee is under the control and is conducted
by a man named Robey, who at the COM.
mencement Of the war Was captain OF mi
ltia. When tine militia from that county
were called out and ordered to Winchester
in the summer Of 'Gl, this fellow went with
bis company, but soon resigned because Of
the sport made of him by the boys in the
regiment Subsequently he ran Oft, but las
now returned TO do the filthy work OF his
Northern masters, and for sucn work he is
about the best man that could have been
found in that region.
When Gen. Imboden's command went
down to Bunker Hill, about the first of JAN
uary, Yankee force was sent up from Har-
per's Ferryto intercept his movements. TLe
hight was very cold, a portion of the force
got on spree and fifteen Of them were so
badly frozen as TO require amputation Of
their limbs. Five Of them afterwards died
al Charlestown. Their troops are reported
10 have suffered terribly from cold on the
march.