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The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the Valley. (search)
From the Valley. A letter received at this office, dated Mt. Jackson July 28th, states that the stages are now running between Staunton and Woodstock, and that the Yankees have all left the Valley, with the exception of a few at Winchester. The writer says that after Fremont's defeat at Port Republic, a more abject set was never witnessed than that composing the Yankee army; officers sent in their resignations, soldiers deserted in squads, and dissatisfaction prevailed generally. The crops of wheat and oats are represented to be the finest ever grown in the Valley, with abundance of grass, and a good prospect for a crop of corn. Stock of every description was pretty effectually destroyed by the Yankees.--in the town of Mr. Jackson alone they killed forty-one milch cows; in one instance they killed a cow and cut her tongue out, and left her otherwise untouched. One company of General Robertson's cavalry made a dash at the enemy near Winchester on the 23d, routing them and
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Depredations on James River. (search)
Depredations on James River. A letter to the Petersburg Express, dated Cabin Point, Surry county, July 28th,says: Last night a small Yankee steam tug, carrying one gun, ventured up the peaceful waters of the upper Chip Oak Creek and carried off a lighter heavily laden with wood, which was lying at White House wharf. The lighter belonged to Captain Myers. They also stole a fine schooner belonging to Major Wm. Allen, of Claremont. The schooner was in charge or Captain Cropper. It is supposed that the Lincoln thieves were piloted up the creek by Captain B. F. Fowlkes, who formerly resided near Cabin Point, and ran a vessel up the creek during two years or more. The waters about Berkeley, I hear, are crowded with Federal transports, all of which could be easily reached by heavy guns on the south bank of James river. Is there another nation in the world which would allow a hostile fleet to float undisturbed in its very centre, when it could be so easily scattered if no