The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-23

nim TO the great confusion Of e res ol the GuAra,
~ ~oo Instantly rushed to his relief without thinking
"upon them" shouted the Captain, and suitjsg
the action to the word, he instantly sent the ball
rom ~ nus captured musket through one Of them, and
tne bayonet Though another, and, with one boand
INTO the darkness, escaped. His men were no less
adroit and taking advantage Of the confusion, they
Dashed upon the surprised rebels, snatched thelr
the spot, wounded several Others and eyery mn Of
them esraped unhurt. t4
Captain Badger has not yet arrived within cur
he is safe in the mountains. and carefully WORKING
his was through at night IL. belongs to the Eighth
Ohio cavai;y. which was re.organised from The
Forty-fourth Ohio infantry. after two yearx esvces
during which Captain Badger vas pEunotsd nom tAs
1aaiks.-~-4-----
So much for Yankee falsehood and
braggadocio. Now for the truth:
On the I'd of November, 1864, Ave
members of the Sixth Virginis cavalry,
acting as scouts for General Leo, pro-
ceeded through Clarke county to tho VAL
ley turnpike, near Bartonsville, seven
miles above Winchester, capturing two
Yankees as soon as they reached the
road, leaving them in the woods, with
one of their number as . guard. Six
more Yankees were likewise captured
soon after, taken to the same place, and
two of the scouts remained in charge Of
their eight prisoners. Returning to tho
road, they encountered the mail carrier,
who rode up and asked if they had seen
Captain Badger and his two orderlies.--
"No. Where is he Z" inquired the scouts.
The carrier said, either short distance
ahead or in the rear. Capturing tho
mail-carrier, and placing him with the
rest, the three scouts returned just in
time to see Captain Badger, one orderly
and a negro approaching. The scouts
turned towards Winchester, riding slow
ly, that Captain Badger might overtake
them. Stopping to water their horses,
the Captain, who seemed suspicious Of
danger, stopped some distance in tho
rear at little stream by the road. Tho
scout in command Immediately wheeled
his horse and ordered him to surrender.
Not the slightest resistance was offered.
Merely saying, sit is all right, the Cap
tain and his companions gave up their
arms, and were taken to the woods, to
join the nine already captured.
The correspondent Of the Tribune says
Captain B. was trying to overtake the
downward train. Now, there was but
one train on the road, and that was going
up, heavily guarded. He also says he
saw a dozen cavalrymen riding in the
rear of it, apparently acting as = guard,
dressed in Federal uniform, and wearing
the Sixth corps badge-a Greek cross.
There were but three visible, and only
one wore a Greek cross. The Captains
fears magnifcd the number four-fold.--
Our five scouts, with their twelve prison.
ers, crossed tho country to Howellsville,
on the east side of the Shenandoah,
where they remained that night, and the
next day pursued their route through
Front Royal towards our lines. Beyond
Front Royal, near Chester's gap, two Of
the scouts returned to Clarke, leaving
the other three to guard the twelve YAM
KEGS, who had three sevcn-shooters in
their possession, tied to their saddles.-
All the ammunition found about them
had been destroyed; but they had sue
ceedcd in sccreting some, with which
they loaded their guns under their over
coats and when within one mile of our
picket-lines, while riding through . skirt
Of woods, (before sunset two Of the
!. scouts in advance and the third bringing
up the rear, the Yankees fired on them,
killing two and wounding the other. The
} wounded scout, wheeling his horse, shot
Yankee through the mouth, killing him
instantly, and then hcd to give the alarm.
! In the meantime, the Yankees rifed the
!, pockets of our boys, taking, also, hats,
>. boots, ETC., and escaped to the noun
tains, abandoning their horses and ms-
king their way to camp on foot, reaching
it the next day, November 4th. though
! the reporter says Captain Badger had
not arrived ON the 9th. The converse
: ton narrated is utterly .Jalse. As soon
i as he was captured, Captain Badger was
told by the commanding scout that they
|. did not belong to Mosby's coWmand, but
2 were scouting for General Lee. Az "a
the Captains brave assault, 20 boast
ingly reported, it is wholly untrue
Z There was not . musket in the company,
and tho time WAS during daylight and
i while riding along the road. No "canP'
fire revels, no dashing Yankee tsice'
! occurred, except in the imaginative BRAIN
: Of the correspondent Captain bedee1
J. did not Gre. . shot. His coward heari
\ planned the whole, and lett its execution
!, TO mon Of sterner nerve.
: It was cruel, wicked. infameas, y
: we'll as unnecessary, act Had thsr'
: been . spark Of manliness o. coueag
!, among the twelve wretcheA Win thrs
loaded gums they might have cal4urs'
!: our scouts, instead ef foully mne1esin
them, contrary e every dlctafe e M
b manitv and law of civili1atiou< I