The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-16
Mosby and his Comrade Partisans.

IHrtlSdn L,Te IN Wc SCUM, Of fTcc IoWS
,,ith Mostly and his Mn. lin the letters
of an Englishman.I BY JOHN SCOTT, of
Fauquicr, author of The Lost Principle.
The story is one of those numerous en-
counters in which Mosby and his little band
compensated for the paucity of their num-
bers aud the disadvantage of position byth
daring of their attack and the vigor OF their
blows.
The smallncss of Mosby's command has
enabled the author, throughout his book,
to preserve the individuality of the men to
a very interesting degree; so that the mar
rativc of the "thrce years covered by
the volume will introduce the reader per-.
sonally to many braves besides the chief
not obscuring, indeed, the prowess OF the
latter, but gracing it with fame of their
own, won under his lead. The names of
Harry Hatcher-Mosby's type of a sol
der-Rev. Samuel Chapman, Dick Moran,
George Whitescarvcr, Frank Williams,
Captain William Chapman, Hart, Hurst,
and others, will have become familiar to
the reader of the book ere reaching the
narrative of the Dranesville fight and the
interest of the combat will be enhanced by
an intense interest in their personal for
tunes. In short, while the book has 4
principal hero, the stage on which its
actors perform is full of heroes, each Of
whom awakens a generous concern, and
adds to the excitement of the drama.
In writing his narrative Major Scott has
had every conceivable requisite for,pre-
senting an entirely accurate and reliable
account. He has enjoyed Colonel Mosby's
confidence in the fullest degree, and has had
from him every facility and assistance i'll
the collection of his facts and the accurate
explanation of every movement. Perfectly
familiar himself, from lifelong residence,
with the country which was the field of
Mosby's operations, Major Scott has also
visited all the scenes of the several COM
bats and operations which he describes, so
that the reader is sure, in every instance,
of an exact, intelligent, and complete ac-
count. Other writer's have published noti-
iications of forthcoming Lives Of Mostly -;
but the following extract from letter OF
the partisan chicflain himself will serve to
show that Scett's is not only an authentic
and accredited book, hat the only book
worthy of attention. After referring to
one of these advertised announcements as
hiu,Si iISSNcSoths ~
mere romance" MOsby says: asr>
"Maior John Scott has in his possession,
and will publish during the spring, an au-
ttentic history of our command from the
time when first crossed the Rappahan-
mock, "a youth to fortune and fame un-
known in command of fifteen men, to the
day OF our disbandment. Ii is impossible
ion. dny one else, without my cooperation,
to present anything that will be anything
more than mere dijointed and isolated facts,
or fabulous stories that have no origin ex-
cept in the Imagination Of the writerp -,
This settles tie n1atter, An who want an
account of Mosby's campaigns ,oiR buy
MAJOR SCOTS book, and will buy no. other;'
and all ,cM want it WHO are capable of feel
Ing an interestin narratiye,of bold strokes,
brilliant achievements, and hair breadth
escapes, through period of three years
Of unexampled activity, extraordinary adj
venture, aud almost unbroken success.
The narrative will. embrace the, social
scenes connected with the movements Of
the command; and the ladies, to whose
extraordinary services, and aids the parts
sans were indebted for much Of their sue
cess, will have due place in the picture.
To omit them would be TO def0rm aud mis-.
state the story, and to withhold tributes
most worthily won.-Enguire.