Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-11

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via shs, sd strange % sag, the SeEl hfls dra kIsd
two and wounded twelve This 10 learned from rsn.
kse Oaosr commanding the company in which the shell
sT From that time until IL o'clock alvey cannonade
vas kept up, until MOoAuslAnd found they we're trying
10 ,nk him en- the west aide OF the town, portion Of
Hunters or ASetlls iorets having crossed above. In
tas they were foled Is McCausland withdrew in time
20 save al bis men. He bad but two slightly wounded,
whis. the Yankees had 10 killed and some 40 or 80
wounded.
After hcOauslAnd left the town they commenced
sseling it. Taey fred al least forty shots iAtO town,
some twenty of which struck different houses, and yet
no OiiiEin OF SELLER WIS hurt by them. Oas passed
ii oush my stable exploding in the yard another passed
into Mise BsXter's house, nearly opposite 10 me, and
exploded Immediately and on the bed from which
Mss L. Baxter had but few moments before arose. Il
ses 6se 10 the house. bui bucket Of water Sufosd to
sKsinguish Is.
Ia an hOus or two they came into town By two roads,
like 50 many demons, with pistols and saDres drawn -
Soon after the cavalry came the infantry, and thea Gem
msncsi the scenes OF robbery and plumber. We, on
tue Main street. did not suffer 90 muoa those tn
outskirts, IS guard was Pus Gu; soOa az The rear
guard came up. fhe most Of the Yanhs Tsro Shs We
rest bEatss ever met VII in hum;n form Tbs whole
oSec. OF thlr army appeared TO DO tie groaes: dam
age they could ct upon the cidE3ns N the way Of
puodsr and de.tsuc.oa Of property without expecting
their vile par;oAs The destruction OF Gov. L3toosr's
prOpe:ty We, great piece Of vandalsn, and the man
nSr which 1. done oay added to their baseRSss.
Tae Cay before il Va, burned MIS- Lseaer expressed
some Axie'y about Der house, when HuLter cent her
word TO MIKE herself easy, should not 10 troubled
TIE next day be ordered 1t to DO burned, ten min
uses notice Every thing in the house WSs consuGed
TIE YANKEEs AT wAsHISGToE oOLLEsE.
writer in the Lexington z,t1 says trat while the
Ysnkts army was in Lexington, hey seem,d to take
special delight in committing depredAtoas upon Wash
ington College (leuldsd BY the immortal Washington,
in every way possible short Of burning the budngs-
The libraries Of the college and of the two literary
cees we're robbed of about hsf their books, while the
remainder Wero nisersbly dsiacod. The carpets and
curtains ware up, pctu'es destroyed, the Land
come furI ure Of the halls either broken up dsribu
led indiscTimna.ey to the servants Of the tcWl The
valuable chemical and philosophical apparatus was re-
duced to perfect wreck. Not single article in POT
Campbelrs laboratory lett unbIOken, except few
worthless Old bottles Very few, if any institutions in
the Conf,daraey better provided with fcenI6 sp
pA,alus than Washington OOlege-nOW it is perfectly
destitute Of everything Of the kind The mineral and
geological cabinet perhaps not ca aled by any OH
er in the Consderacy In the variety and beauty of is
eolecsOns nov it appears stripped of its most rare
aud beautiful specimens, many OF which were collected
from foregl CountTie and cannot be replaced Except
a. grcA. COS. of labor and money.
sush vandalism the part Of foe, making any pre-
tensions to ulIIiion, was 50 little anticipated that
lo.hiDE valuable was removed from the college build
nz bus On I'll other hand many Of the mos! valuable
books AID large pert OF the apparatus Of the Virginia
Military Toe itute bad been deposited there for safe
kespiIg 1. will be o. aNal with the public to say
that tie ce rs of tie army d approved OF this WAnton
destruction for many of those, apparently tigh in CON-
mand, rode past and looked with seeming sssfAS-
ZION while the savage scene was enacted.
Preparations we're also made for burning the ih'ttu-
iiOn which l. said to have been prevented only BY the
intercssIiOn of venerable member Of the ard of
Trustees. Ssme Of soldiers, who passed through
the town few days after the invader sit declared that
some Yankee institution should pay the appropriate
penalty in full mssure If they were ever permitted TO
invade Northern territory.