The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-16
From Sher,nRn's Rear.

The Atlanta papers contain some intelligence
from the OF Sherman's army, brought to Iaat
city by our scouts. The iateiiiysgcer says:
A few days since a detachment Of twenty four
men teit johnston = army tor the pup9se OF break
iug up d band oi thirty dtspftad0es, composed OF
tiiit ) and Yankee soldiers who wt.- Committing
every species Of drpsedation upon lhr families ~
Murray county BIZ MeGaffah says that on Non
day iasi sor,iun Of The detachment enc0un tered
lhis band of thieves aud robbers, ana one Gi the
suies ot iiie detachneHt, Marlin Peoples, was
Killed, and seven of the entmy wtte Allied aud
wound. d. ihat on The heIl day Ihr rehainder ot
Ine baai was attacked NJ spring Pace, and seven
teen ot thc thieyins sconhdrei7 were Ill led
and wounded.
He says ali lhe means that devilish maign!ty
cuu invent, or Yankee ingenuity suggest, aIe te
sorted 10 punish, halass, ve1, ana break The
spirit oi the propir. lie also states mat printed
orders iion siItrsnan were found upon The persons
Ut some who WeIe killed, directing that, alter the
1h Of this montii, any citizen or soldier, without
proper Authority, caught Within three miles OF The
railroad, should be immediately e1ecnted-that all
citiz living within that distance of th.iailr0ad
must move aud their houses are To he butnt.
The C0nfsisracy has the following:
Young McEifeath in his uip visited The vicinity
OF Home, Texas Valley, and ether places in The
entmy > lines He tep6ns that The eaeGiy every
whcie were committing great 0uttagPs upon the
hoy Al iaiIahiIantsesP ally was this The case with
Blair ; Seventeenth array corps, who were despoil-
Ing ~ farmers oi theif wheat ana stock Ia est,y
direction, and otherwise pundefins aud maiiTeat
log Them. In The Vicin.ty OF Kingston, near Muir
,h.sGn's fam. which he visited. the inhabitants
WaTe briug rn5hrd at everything Of vaiue they
POSSESSED. many ~ Ihem had been huGg Mp to
limbs Of iyrts in UtdeI force The IA gtyt up
what money or other va.uahles IL was supposed
tnFy had cuarsa I'd. AnuE2 Tho in was MIR hut.
ellison i,msell aud an Old negro miaH. ihe proncT
ly OF Naj WooiiY, from whem the thieves thus
rxItaeisd same -uel. Maj Waoliy's huuse, in
that vicinity is Row the headquarters Tor oI
the Eankre officers, " Iiiie MIR MHTt hisGH ; Is used
as a board ing house Tor Others of tbeal
During Ar m1 Ertaths shoit a!ay Within the
enemy's lines, raiding parties weic Visiting lie
p;Inoipa farms To srcnte ths wheat the fame
got IL Uut, aud 10 seize what corn they had. All
the stock that they came artoss they killed.
iiadrr This harbaTous treatment our informant
says that the spirit ~ our people There is as deter
iulned ever before la Its loyalty To The south. -.
The womeu especially exhibit no sign o yielding
To the vanal foe; the contrary, "h ie they have
10 cnju.t, thcy bid def nce Iu thcf vile oppIes
sars: They have 10 submit, but They sfota AID
spit n the ihtcging vandlis.
The Atlanta Ayq'sil says
Peuiltm1n well known IN this city, who left
CagteIs VILE, Ga SUNDAY ias, reports that the
aad hospit as nom that poIni towards Cha!taa osa
and all who had affiliated with The Yankees ueIe
selling oil ispir petsoHai Effects. This, ia con
ncctiOn with the burning oi factories and mills
indicates a mcveDen! either forward or feafH AID
OF Shrrnisn's army. The gentleman also states
that, had Johuslon remained three days longer al
kennesaw Mountain, Sherman would have retreat,
ed. The Feteiais admt that tiiey have tust hs'
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