The Daily Dispatch: September 30, 1861., [Electronic resource]

Hessian lies.

Lewinsville, Sept. 19

The rebels have turned out of their homes all the women and children belonging to the Union men in this vicinity. They have also taken all their household effects, driven off their stock, and have carried away all the hay, corn, and oats, they could get their hands upon.

Last night, the Union troops, not far from here, captured about forty head of cattle, which had been stolen by the rebels, who were caught in the act of driving them off.

The scouting parties sent out from General Smith's division, have been very successful in finding the precise location of the rebel pickets.

They are, for the most part, picked men, selected from the Sixth Maine Regiment, and are commanded by Lieut. Roberts, with O.G. Sage as guide. Mr. Sage is so well acquainted with this part of the country that he has never failed to conduct our scouts safely through the most dense forests and thickets, and sometimes when the nights are so dark that a man could not be seen at a distance of ten feet; and all this he accomplishes without the aid of a compass.

We have unmistakable evidence that the rebel army is advancing towards our camps. Their pickets are being doubled on all their most important posts, and are constantly taking advanced positions.

Capt. Floyd and Mr. Sage succeeded yesterday in capturing five prisoners, most of whom will doubtless be detained until after the war. S. S.