... having been sent out in the morning when the gunboats appeared. The letter then gives a dreadful account of outrages committed upon fences, shrubbery, etc., and says: You have had Mitchel and Turchin with you; compared to Cornyn (Colonel F. M. Cornyn, Tenth Missouri cavalry) and his set, they were angels. The letter proceeds: Here is a fac-simile of several writs that were served upon...