The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-20

tMsO tlsc State and have bcen kept In the rear
y. ~ me eavalfy'couid send hack hosses 70 noaat
Istr EAh~id iide-a short hssfcied Eafeid made
AZ Hithtnond They have mo sabses and M pts
.ols, sxcrM IS private psoprriy Their 'ias of
ss snasn was from Pound Gap 70 patn'svilie. KY,
wnese scoafing party Of one hundred and sew
ehee" men, under the nOlOtiOns Pete RveTts,
Was saht IN advance 10 pick up horses and send
naek !" tlif main fntee They passed On 10 Hazel
Ia Maysv,ile. f4. iaama 'th..' OF ua.nn n,s. "s"
wnfe stripped of hors.s while the proprlir 0i r..
PEI ei,ixeas WAS sacfedy protected Al FiemiHgs.
"is the stlbtes Were protected by EVestss oydefs.
aud not horse taken Eyerts took Nsvsviiis.
without resistance, the Uniontsts mostly cr.sins
lhe river One boat load was hailed by the rebels,
ana on iheif refusal 70 coae back, hted isso kilt
ing one man Everts gathered up a large number
0i horses, aud took tho Le xingtoa pike for Mount
Sterling on Wednesday. He had orders 20 report
az monet Sterling within three days from the time
he ieft uszei Gfeen. Ever,s's scou,ins party was
the 6rst that left Aorgan's command. While Dew.
I'm does not know Of other scouting parties being
srnt cut, ne thinks such were sent In the advance.
sterling. ite has NO artillery, aud started with
seven days rations MOSgan's design Is not TO
hght but To rob, steal and destroy railroads a. far
as possible. BIS exit Through Eastern Kentucky
IS an impossibility, and his men expect to pass
down through Central Kentucky aud Middle len.
hessec They all expect the war to end with this
summers campaign, knowing that every able
bodied man In the South Is now In the feld and
no reserve force can be put In their place. The
expedition to the salt he admits win be sue
cesstui, as there Is but small rebel force ieft in
thar part OF Virginia Th, ir supplies now come
from Petersburg, and are scacely adequate to sup
ply the army, the whole country iOf one hundred
miles each side OF the Cumberland MOuataiHs
being stripped Of supplies. Morgan could not re-
main there, ant will not return, bnt will keep west
al Cumberland Gap He had said holhing Of pay
rug aaother visit 10 Cincinnati and did not speak
very highly OF his bIiet sojoun in Ohio
The Louisville Journal OF the 9th gives an inte-
resting description OF the uncertainty Of RAILROAD
travelling Ia kentucky during the presence OF ~.
Morgan:
From persons who were passengers on the cars
ana eye witnesses 10 the whole affair, we have
learned the fui details Of the capture Vheu
ABOUT ha't a ne this side of Smithteii The train
Was thrown Violently from tnr track by tie pew
0us removal OF several rails A vullcy Ut catbiuc
and pistol shots We're discharged lntu the cars at
tiie sainr time. A number vi Passengers were
aboard, and Ia all about Iweaty suders, bui SIX OF
whom were armed. The others were stsaggicls,
being returned 10 their regiments. 20 sudden ANA
unexpected the attack The tram that every.
body lost control OF themselves, aud In pe feet
state OF alarm, surrendered without the slightest
resistance. The guerilla band numbered ten men,
ana they Claimed TO be soldiers Of General John
MoTgan's command Titey were armed with re-
volvers and caibines, and aside FROM ,heir cilZen
dfess, presented the appearance Oi soldiers
immediately alter the surrender the aims were
ttkcn hom tnc Federal ditts aud broken tu
pieces. rbe chief then administered To them AN
oath, requiring thein 10 uEp1rt the Southern Cut,-
1edetacy. or, at least, nUI 10 make war upon IT,
No written parole was demanded they seeaicd to
be satisfied with making The "Y auks" sWai Nv liic
veiba, oath As general thing the passengers
were tteaitd in a civil manner. A few peIsOns
were robbed Ut small ani0uals OF money, DuL 10
piilage did net seem 10 bc The object Of the band
The baggage car and Two passenger coaches were
destroyed by FIRE. The captured sOidieis were
forced to carry rails and kin lie the flames which
consumed the cars. the Two rear coaches were
Occup by ladies, and with show OF galiaAtfy
tue gueilis rolled the coaches back from The naiu
train, winch saved thrHi from destruction. The
express goods and liunks were thrown lrom The
rais before thty were set On hfc. None vi the
baggage belonging 10 ,lc passengers Was lnt,ilctci
Wllb the mai Was hot "pencd or iflcd, thvngh Il
few of this way packages were buraci with The
che OF the ladies', who stood 4 short distance
ftoni the sceae OF disaster and Witnessed the
Who.e affair was approa ,hed Ivy Que of the gurras
and Offered an orange. sac decined Int p;uiicred
gait hui UbiigtI 10 accept IL, they siIunsiy
Insisted that She should receive slight mtnsrntu
tI0H rebel hands Attef completing their emk OF
desiuc ion tue band moved oil la ttic dl,cvtioh oi
Smithfieid. The leader, who claimed 10 be Lieu
tenant, was recognized as a well known citizen,
living ia The vicinity nt Vandyke's Mills IL Is
Amos impossible to conjecture what The object oi
The gneiitias WAS In making the attack upum The
train. They dad MOI ~ have 4 desire ~
piuudeT the passrngcI5 Us a gcAeIai thing. 1hey
only iolted PaIiiSs whom they Thought had Az
lheir pOsstssiUH Il GuvtrnnenI OF Company funds -
Tac simple destruction of trHia by patty OF tliis
kind does not to iofm Sufficient tor The
attack, and such proceedings are somewhat unu-
snal by guerilla bands. Whatever their object was,
we must admit that their actions were strangely
marked by show of gailan,ry and an exhibit OF
The GespeIado. A more close il quiry into the
case may iufsish IA solution to The fiddle.