The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-24

favorable, aud IL was stated that we had tahen
several hundred prisoners, And were dslving the
enemy, with the prospect u msAaaa s@postaa'
captures.
A pEMoNsrR ALTON ON rHs s0urHsfDs RAILROAD.
In this uaper yest.rd we mentioned that a
raiding party 0f III. enemy's cavalry passed near
Campbell CGuu- House, saiu rday, saoviog IN ihr
diGec tiou Or the aOutiiside Railroad This stare
ment proved IL b., correct, aud The eaeMy de- isued
tu destroy the bridge across James river miles
below IOWA They reached the viclsity Ut the
bridge, aud fan ling 1t TOO heas"y eaatded ~ De-
successfully attacked, they retreated witboat an
a. sault aud r. in-L the maia body Of theft forces
some tim. sunday n1fni"g, while 0a the retreat
towards Liberty. Several s,Tasgiers were pic ked
no bv our scouting parties aud brought iMIo iowa
Sunday.
rHx VIRGINIA AND TrNNesskR ROAD
The damage done by the Yankees 10 the Virsi-
nia and Tenne ssee railroad, while not fully
tainsd, is reported 10 be very heavy. Besides the
burning Of the brdg across Big aud Little Otter
rivers and Elk creek, the track Is said to es torn
up for several miles a The depOts bttweea here
and Big Lick are buraed, and the water tahks de-
stroyed. IL tiras.. damages be correct stated il
viii take soMe tin,e 10 put III road Ia running
0rdGf again.
YANKEE GOSSIP ABOUT THE hxPEDIrI0N.
. Cons Iiuet.r. Crook, Avefili, and Sullivan put
ap with NJ jor ilultrr, about four miles from town.
whose beautiful home was used a. headquarters g.
In Their suit were the notorious Dr Ruckes and
David Suother, Port CrayOn,) the former at
tached To Cooks staff. Major hai,eT, being an
Old army officer, was well acquainted with Hunter,
ana TALKED freely To him respecting his exP1iti0n.
Huntrr said that he had fifty thousand men, anu
could lake iynchhurg easily, that we had better
make no resistance When Major HITTER
informed him that Il would be NO easy task 4,
aud that our people, iw the last resort. would re-
tire 10 the Amherst heights AM ire upon them,
Hunter replied that, In such eg-at he would heip
ihtM to destroy the town. The General officers
were In very high spirits 1t the supper table on
Friday night, anu boasted that they would be in
tynchhu'g The next day. GA Saturday night they
tuok licit n,eai al thc same boaij Ia pe1t.ci Il
ience Gen Aveti'i retired 10 the back porch atier
supper, very moody, aad tinliksd 10 Miss II that
''t!ie bal,ie Of l.ynehhufg would he of the
bo0diest records III this war for the lime it lasted
lie said mat the loss was very heavy on both sides,
iheS being not les ifan 6ipht hiiidfed Ia thon
saRi. The Ceaa sii is mistskea a. 10 ours, wine h
Is SIX killed aud % Wnun,.ct.
Sullivan gaii they had some y OF 30 Coo men,
aud reinloicemants were expec,ed under Pope,
VINO. WIN oth'r trbopS hal 900 contfablads. -
The Yankees av"w'd II to be their purpose TO cap
tue Lynchbufg aGd theu proceed to the rs sistance
"i Bu Ter. They placed t.ief sgnai officers On the
TOP OF Mayor ii.ttcts house, aud as the battle pro
CROSSED on Saturday the ''iu0k out" dCc1lted that
the cavalry were changing spiendidiy; after a
while, however, he said that they were giving
away, and finally lett his eyry In disgust.
When Miss ii remuastrated with Gen Hunter for
his vandalism Ia burning the Military Institute, he
replied ''You need not III ke fuss about that for
Intend TO bum The University Of Virginia also"
AMER The melancholy supper referred 10, Hun-
ter told MAJ Buttef that they wanted 10 hold
council 1hey tliereupon approp,ia Two rooms,
The doors of which they locked carefully Major
II. having retired 10 a back chamber of the house
attempted 10 pass out OF the building, when he
was informed that he was prisoner When the
Yankee officers retired they said that they were
going TO The 'front.' aud thus took up the line OF
treat before Major Hutter was aware OF their in
tentiou5
rpsse OF the Yankee soldiers repaid the hospi-
taitty III Major ilulter by piunderins Miss H's
chamber, searching trunks and drawers and car
lying away various 0rname0ts and valu abes.