The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1862., [Electronic resource]

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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 capturing nineteen prisoners, three loaded wagons, and forty horses. Everyday some prisoners are brought through Mt. Jackson.