, 1865-03-24

| 1orms, ana other clothing, and large lot Of
eonnm.ssary !na H. stores, we're all destroyed, to;
other buildings. Wagons. ambulances,
| artillery, in fact all the material belonging
to Eai]y's grand army was captured
4nd;,destroyed along the road lending through
with army supplies principally provisions.
The property captured and destroyed on the
! road and at Waynesboro is valued at another
million of dollars making at least loss Of
8, ,0o0, 600 (greenbacks value) to the so.cal!ed
Southern Con'cderaey. It is believed not a
except the remnant Of Rosser's cavalry, num-
boring about 115 men. Early. Long, Wharton
and Lilly, VI re the Generals in the battle On
the rebel side. Wharton escaped in the cars,
Early to the mountaine, and the whereabouts
Of the Others Ia questionable. 1t is reported
Lilly was either prisoner or killed but as
to the tsn'h OF fa1sity' Of these reports am
not able to decide at this time. The result Of
the day's business foots up as follows:
Prisoners eapsu,ed. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1,3os
Wagons and umbulanccs. ........ $50
artillery, with carriages and eaissons... ii
1a batbe nass*.'.'..>... .>...'.'-..'.-...-..--.. 9
Properly Destroyed (esumated value in 10
Efeenbacke). s. 900 GOO
FIFTH DAYS MARCH TO CHARLOTTESVILLE.
FRIDAY, March 5, 1S65.-At O'Clock this
morning The Sd division was in the saddle
again, and took the advance. The weather
more nedcfate than yesterday; cloudy all
day and SINE rain fell. M enemy now be-
o't. TWEEN this fsand II Rlsagnd according to
| House at O'Clock u. NJ w,.hont f1rin1 n
shot. Destroyed covered bridge, 800 iret
long, across Meacham's Run, the railway de-
des;ro1cd twn 1onded cors %, ~ 10 ea;;,anS nnI
| In one NJ tlcse cars sSss f,,,cS a isrre III NJ
The hest F,anch ca;fsIins Eon . H,,s1.ro. aus ~.
r.nt one ni1s ontads nr cha,Io,1as'.;t1, h.,
| the Mayor and other ctr diguitayies carry
| inc a rh;le f1or TIN r,tv u!oa fn,mei,T an,-
lsnusleu ~ an4 potec1!A asAtn 1oE- upon
| reaching the Virginia university, the whole
asked 10 haye the property ] Of % the Institution ion
n,ccd @n,rs M
| Wnere the column vas 10 pass, and tue VI
| division moved through and encamped under
| the shad.w Of Monticello. An Immense iron
railroad bridge across the Rfyapna River md
| several wocdrn l,rfd res. have hcen ,fcstrnved
hsra to.iav ~
De1 1Ieee % 1as been cantn,e1 to.dor hes;aea
hnat u gwen ABOVE, tafee pieces or artillery,
1.-TWO lo-pound Parrots md one 6-pound
smooth hore.) three railway ca-s full Of sup
arxwn.v
slAin pAi'
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Sunday, March S, 1865.
All remains quiet rs get; no one has ap-
pearcd to distu1b or make US afraid. The
sh;nine ht'nbtIr 'e o'9'Epe"'e'A ano '"e 0o1 u
sulu1us uliEut4}'
AIMING the papers found In Gen. Early 8
was bis commission as Aaior Gt:netal. which
Gen. Custar is anxious 10 trade for Ills own
commission, row in rebel hands also an OIL
cia1 man nj fhe defrnses ahn,1t Richmond
md tile following lelters referred to in = nre'
F1oas d1spa1en:
o:1s1oS OF REnE1 PRISONERS.
A.Hr OF Tue VALLEY. Feb. &, 1s65.-The mis-
eIon OF Vice Prcsidcnt Stenhcns Is fhe tnoe, mn.
mentions Of INV thst has ever heen nndsrtstsn INV hv
any peTscn or persuns on ibis Continent. The soi-
aS,s & g ii: NY: d. psopis q ,ais sss.on Il,
ihi1t, vel, .eafast heavy odds, foz near ioar
peace seems III Cd: The 1iyss Of many good nd
srrposc Fulton had conceived his iica & T steam
Po RPoMes; md belo1e eonsumnsting hi: scheme had
.1me e suppotiti4n With rc:ard to Morse, how great
~ ~ h0t HI ~ 1s a as r. Ano
have been lost to rs by this ernel war. We de-.
plore, and knew that you deporc the loss and euf-
iesinE entailed upon us By this war. Therefore,
We psaJ y9a s15ave ssefy Msy IN s9nr power to
tetlle our nouh!ee % ooltfat1on- let the sword
nase 10 ra ofe Re- & Wore 10 aG nothing bnt
II France
the drst iii now have held hand upon tbe flies
Of The eontending parties, and stimulated the
weaker by tn1ns. Ihey nnW wonder that we
a1Ga'a nh; nes"a p maxs to.asesa ot out s!afes:
~ rassstsnrn Ther honn hy t;a on .%o
en- 10Th sections. and ,hen they vii diyide de
Is this better fate tran reunion: Perhaps ne
can get better terUf, but It not. let us accent
tbe1a bu1id up our o"n 'a:tones, have OUT own
saapplps, snd ihus secure the only tFpe independ.
ensG @ We t, eseI ean nase Most 9! us nase fought
NJ opr wyea md a.e bonad to sr tGst e e
rot sfarTc. in ths mex: fiS or ei'hf mnnthe IN 4
we beg you to enabIe "a to quit thIs WI with
honor. The oods to rs Is too great to
bsht; we can't Tesi.t With any chow Of success IL
sGothcr campaign. rI1s folfy to TT. Then strive,
is nonof9a fir, tnroasa comn3ssioaet,. TO settle
ip he 1ond az WHY VAL ooa ntga,9 Az you
It was sent to Gen Early. and indo.sed in ,Jed.
DAVIS own handwriting, u foIiows:
Is tobe hoped This ie not fair sample Of The
feeling ELL ct The s:rmy OF The Wiley" D." Z
ao Ten. Eafls. ... .......
FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE TO coSEVHLE STA"
f1oN-E1ouTn DAT.
dams troops left Charlottesville at s;x O'Clock
THIS no!plng--ihe snn shining brightly, the
ar haeanE, the F1ads still III Aor.able con-
d1tioD.
ihe 80 dlrisicn took q southWesterly road,
ara tailed halaea ct n'ght near coveVille sta1foa, on
Inc fanfeau 10 Lyncnbu'ch. AS Custar,s
command moved out, bands playing, and all
the captured -tnlFteen-dlsplay-
"a, lne hAc1lEan poys saW Tile display, and
gave GenefaI Gustar some heatty clieers. In
dced, sue 4 is tue rsspect entsftasned By that
gallant brigade for Gencral Custar That they
ncvtr can resistthe temptation to ocaeer when
they meet him.
Nhiie stopping for two days at Charlottes-
vile, the command vas butily engaged all
The time In destroying the railroad trace Lead
inE to I5nebhuIgh. and also in the direction
ct Gordunssille. In this work Was involved
Thousand feet long. The woodwork was first
burned. and then Captain Lee, Provost Mar
shal Of the Sd Division, received special in
structions to remove oil the iron from the
piers. which WIS done By attaching telegraph
wire to the fame, a1d large number Of men
detailed for the purpose OF taking hold and
pulling It over by main str ugth the frame
work 1ell with o terrible crash into the river,
twenty-five feet below. Another bridge,
shout eight hundred 1eet long, over another
stream, call. d Morris Greek, was also entire
i destroyed.
S1SFH DAT.
TCEspAT, March Z, 18G5.-At a little past
noon halt was made at Livingston or Mel:
son G: L., the county seat Of Nelson county:
The inhabitants, rs at Charlottesville and
throughout that portion ofAltemarle county,
when the column passed, had never seen
Union troops before, and believing them to
be anything bnt human beings were natural
mountains, those, however, who remained,
nao no speclal cause to regret 1t, for soon as
cer1a1nahg mat you nns" were just like
Ne uns. 1he people opened their houses