The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-09

sATU aDav MORNING ."......'iaLs -
Nnakee Raiders,
The ostensible Il siga OF Grant, in sendia
ont parties Of hofsemen through the eoun
try. Ia TO cut the railroads aud destroy on
COMMUNICATIONS. The Effect is, whether s
intended or not. (and we believe IL TO he 8,
intended,) to subject a large district OF coun
sry 10 the absolute dominion OF organizes
robbers, with arms in their hands. Thes'
men care nothing Tor the destruction OF thu
rsilroads--that is matter OF secondary IN
portauce--their object Is plumber. They ar'
as much thieves aud house breakers as any
THAT are daily prosecuted in our cues LOT
those offences. They act la alter VIOLATION
of all lag, and deserve DO protection ITO"
any law. They should not be treated as
prisoners of war. They are not soldiers
They 90 not forth to fight. Their mission
IA plumber, aud, If RESISTED, murder
They seek not out our armed h"sta, with
whom they may do battle. They avoid our
eoId,ers az they would avoid pestilence.-
Their Government protects them IN the
commission of deeds which every day, in
other communities, brings some culprit TO
the gallows or consigns him TO the penten-
tiary.
We are led 10 these observations not by
the freouent occurrence osrobhery and muf-
der in the couutry-tor theae have become
too common to deserve nottee--hut ny Inc
fact Of our attention having been caiied I'D
one particular case, (not worse, we dare say,
than hundreds oa others,) in which we nap
peued TO know the parties, and when oc
curred in the countyof Mecklenburg during
the late marauding expedition OF hauiz ana
Wilson. A body OF plunderers rode up TO
the house of the gentleman III question,
wnooping aud yelling like drunken savagcs.
On the way they fell in with youth, who
was the sou OF a lady staying At the mousse.
relative of the family, and ordered him TO |
halt. Instead OF halting, the lad the was
about thirteen years old) ned TO q neighbor-
ing wood. The scoundrels fired at this mere
child some half dozen or more shots, evi-
IDENTIFY with the design to kill him, tor the
shots whistled all around him. Having
failed la their purpose, they pushed on to the
house, yelling, cutsiug and swearing There
were none there but fe males, the gentleman
of the house being absent, aud these they
treated with the grossest brutality, pointing
pistols to their heads, and demanding
money, watches, jeweiry, clothing, and
everything else that could be sold Tor
money They demanded the keys TO every
closet, cellar, bureau, bookcase, desk, or
chest in the house, and when they were not
produced, they broke them
open with stones or the andirons. They
stole box containing all the silver belong
log to the family, and valued at twelve or
ifteen thousand dolisrs. They took the
rings from the fingers of the ladies, and the /
watches from their pockets. Oae lady en-
reated them to spare ring which was the >
lit OF dying mother, but they refused
rney insisted on carrying oil 4 faVOrits ser
Tant woman, but she became 80 much {
harmed that she ran off and HID herself, nor !
we're they able to fnd her. Upon this they
became furious, and threatened to shoot the 4
sdY OF the house, aud the lady visitor be
ore alluded to, it she were not produced,
nd it vas through the mercy OF Providence
hat they were not shot. The first thing {
hey asked for was saddles. They destroyed
II the saddles to prevent pursuit The next +
vas whiskey.
This party at last took their leave, to be
nceeeded iE All hour by another worse than
le first. Ia the course OF the day, the house
AZ visited by no less than five different par
IS of mirauders. OF the four first, each
lcceeding one was worse than the last had .
cen. The fifth pretended to be much scan.
allied at the proceedings OF their prede-
sssors, probably because they had left them
othiug to steal, aud said they had acted in
tier violation of orders-a plain proof that r.
e officers either could not or would. not b
strain them. They carried of seven
,upg, athletic, valuable negro men, much =
,ainst their inclination, as is proved by the =
ct that Ave of them escaped and returned
their master. On4 Of the gang boosted K
at he could take eight men, and ride any
here through the country. :,
We publish the above details not so much
r their novelty as for the facts which they
veal These marauding parties have no
hcers, or at least il they have, they do not lc
icy them. Clearly, therefore, they are not
ldiers, or entitled TO the treatment OF col q,
ers. Anybody who wishes to recruit 4 III
ore or two of banditti can do it at o mo-
ent's warning in Grants camp. The boast \
the fellow who boosted that he could ride [
rough the country with eight men,
owes, clearly enough, what the induce
eats are. They are IMMUNITY aud plunder.
,ey know that if they be taken loaded
'wn with gold watches and silver spoons, !.
sight OF the burning farm-houses aud /
anaries that they have plundered and de- de
Dyed, they will be treated with all the tb
naerne8s due to veterans OF unstained th
aracter, who have been captured after 4 At.
-ge of twelve months. Bat let them know
at there is danger in such enterprise 4
them be shot down like dogs wherever -
ught-let the brothers aud sons of the DIN
;raged farmers who are fighting in our
nks agree TO take no prisoners, and we i
all soon hear that banditti of this descrip. =
IN can NO longer be found to volunteer e
icy are all towards, and when they find
1t they are apter to get hard knoc ks than j
ything else for their pains, they will beg II
We To be excused. There is no need to l.
barrass the Government about this mat II
r.