The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-21

coeHEs IN T0wN AT Trg EMRAaxAlIon OF 4
nA''--A smsthfield, (va.,) Correspondent, Of the
ses"ouss 6vssser sends that paper am accous,
'" .ne scenes attendant upon the return Of Genera,
~"~"', aad Ms embaskati0n frOM that town fur
r"stFess Monroe, after his last raid. lie says:
h.ong Win Gen. Graham were about thirty men
vi auacan Descent" In Yankea unif0rmI, aud
, ,Meu o"'y win axes. The train Of Gen Graham
when he marched into town was nevIrct oiin rai
s'oa, BESIDES bis black and white German Dutch
ana issh regions, the train on nis trumphal entry
L.. esap"sca oi slaves, men, women and ch'
"e"' uo!ses, mules aud oxen, rOckaways, buggies
an" carts :oaded with bacoa, turkeys, geese
aacks chickens. and dlvcrs other stolen eonimol-
n,,as ms miscsssnsted army halted, stacked
ainas, and built their camp hres In the Streets
Ihen began general course OF cooking the fire
consisting of yard and garden enclosures. Som.
=. ane 'os were almost stripped those who suf-
!ne uenerai took possession of Mr. Baneu's resi-
ecuce me provost marshal Quauered on Morris
som, uha oener omcess forced themselves On ot,,sr
private families while the Episcopal and Presby.
senah cn0rcnes, and nearly every un0ccupled
nouse OF any description were uaed a. barracks.-
Uns Lieutenant slept In neyrO's room. and ON
tue ped with him. l suppose the liquor raiiou
must have been Om tied ON this expedition as ilte
troops behaved very quietly during the nI.ht-only
lew smoke houses, henroOsts aud bee. hives be-
Ing robbed. must not omit To state, however,
mat the negro axeEen rushcd Into the dwelling Of
Df s0uihall In the afternoon during his absence,
an0 iFisetened his lady dreadfuIIy by abusive Ian
guage and threaten ng her with iheir axes. part
~ Tue negroes also forced Mrs w II Stephenson
to open her husbands store which they robbed oi
goods amounting 10 the value Of abOut 5000.
After long, and, TO many Of our citizens, a
ssecpless night, morning came. Soon after dawn
the army was all astir and preparing for departu
ana EoW began Cur trials. general system of
punder and ro3bcry was inauguTated The stores
0f C0wpcr & Jordan, p Thomas, and e Z Chat
mers, druggist, were literally sacked Every horse
neie, carriage aud buggy remaining In t0wa
sent to the wharf, Every negro, bond free old
or young, male or :enlaie who were willing 10 ac-
company their false Yankee friends, was moving
towards the steamers with all the baggage they
could possibly convey. The number Of blacks car
ried oil by this party about 60, one third of
whom were free, leaving mauy Of US without
COOK or other servant, and the supply exhausted.
The store OF CoWper 4 Jordan was forced anu
sacked by the :ssI Massachusetts, In the presence
OF their Colonel, who, when complained to- re
piled that the men were allowed half an hours re
creation, and during that Time were beyond his
control
They Wantoniy stove tn barrels of fine viuerar,
broke up eaithenware, carried to the steamer,
which lay but few yards distant, boxes of t0bac
co Il valuable old library, which was left In this
county some years ago by the called Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, L.C p. COwper--a legacy
from his mo,her-and in fact many articles Of
real supposed value, and such rs they did not
stances the abscOnding negroes robbed those of
their fellow servants whom they left behind.
When all this immense collection of stolen arti-
cleS was gathered Oh the wharves II was discov-
cred that there was NOT room enough for the horses
ard mules, and most of these were turned loose
and recovered by the proper owners. But the
amount Of property stolen and destroyed in tn 8
village alone would not al; short Of S75 900. The
loss in the surrounding country have not heard
estimated.