The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-28

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r1onr BErN1tEN YANxxs toao 21ss1tnI.
In Washinfton, lsnday nighl nj. II
r. Field, .ihs claimant of : se6t IN Con-
gress from New Orleans, Louisiana. was
arrested for On assault and battery OF,
Judge Kelley, Of Pennsyly9nia, IN the
hallsof Wizards Hotel. Nj. Field was
taken to tho station house, and the case
was ruled for further hearing. Mr.. Field
attacked Judge Kelley withA small knife
and inflicted wound in the back Of his
hand. There are several accounts given
Of the affair; one Of which, that it grew
out Of reference made TO the Brooks and
Sumner affair by Judge Kelley in one Of
his speeches. Another, that it originated
at the table at Wizards, where Judge
Kelley and some friends were sitting in
conversation, and were interrupted. BY
Mr.. Field with inquiries relative to his
claim for seat in Congress; that Judge
Kelley remarked that he was responsible
for his actions, but did not wish 10 make
them the subject Of dispute there ia the
presence Of ladies ; that Mr.. Field re-
tired from the table, md subsequently,
when Judge Kelley made his appearance
in the hall, the collision occurred.
ROssER's CAv.ALRY's CAPTURE OF BE-
>s. VERIFY.
The Wheeling Intelligenccr publishes
the following account of General Ros-
ser's recent capture Of the Yankee gar
rison at Beverly:
The attack was made about 8 o'clock
on Wednesday morning of last week.
The garrison was asleep in their winter
quarters, and there were no pickets out
further than three hundred yards from
the camp. The.rebels charged right into
the midst of the sleeping soldiers, and
captured onc-half of the garrison before
the other half knew anything about the
attack. 1t is said that the rebels actu-
ally went about kicking on the doors of
the huts, rudely requesting the Odd
blue bellies" to get up and take trip
Richmond. One lieutenant, belonging
to the Eighth Ohio, cavalry, rallied a
number of men, engaged the rebels, and
drove them from the bridge, allowing a
hundred or SO of our confused soldiers
to escape. In this fight five men were
killed upon each side, and a rebel colonel
named Cashaw, who is still at Beverly,
was seriously wounded.
The rebels, or rather portion of
them, remained in Beverly until the af-
ternoon-of Thursday, and their conduct
towards the cilizcllS is said to have most
outrageous. They robbed the citizens
of money, clothing and valuables Of
every description, in some instances
taking earrings out of the ears of the
women, and searching for valuablcs sup
posed to be concealed in their hoops
They destroyed the bridge over the Val
ley river and set fire to the town in scve~
raj places; but there were among the
force a number of soldiers who had for
merly resided in Beverly, and whose re-
lations own property there, and the FIRE
was extinguished by these men. 1t is
asserted that the rebels had nearly as
many prisoners as they had men to
guard them No doubt is entertained
but the garrison could have handsomely
defeated the attacking party if they had
had the slightest intimation Of the ap>
proach of the enemy.
ARREST OF AN ALLEGED CONFEDERATE
OFFICER.
The Yankees have arrested man in
Columbus, Ohio, who, they claim, is
Lieutenant S. B. Davis, late in charge Of
a Confederate prison at Andersonville,
Georgia. Relative to his arrest, the Co .
lumbus Journal says:
Lieutenant Davis, whose arrest was
announced in Fridays Journal, has been
transferred to Cincinnati. He made a
full confession, stating that he DESTROYED
his dispatches after he was captured.-
They. were written on silk and sewn on
the inside Of his coat sleeve. Watching
his opportunity, he cut them out and
burned them. He also acknowledged
that the treatment of Federal prisoners
at Andersonville, Georgia, and other
places, was very severe, but asserted
that he was only obeying orders, and
that he was not in any way responsible.